#5A42DD#5A42DD

#5A42DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.223 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42DD
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(249, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(249, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, 51.78, -75.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 91.63, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.57% 0.0462 -0.2178)
OKLCH	oklch(50.57% 0.223 282)
XYZ	xyz(19.2117, 11.2892, 69.5593)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42DD #C5DD42

analogous

#4278DD #5A42DD #A842DD

triadic

#5A42DD #DD5A42 #42DD5A

tetradic

#5A42DD #DD4278 #C5DD42 #42DDA8

square

#5A42DD #DD4278 #C5DD42 #42DDA8

split-complementary

#5A42DD #DDA842 #78DD42

monochromatic

#2B198C #3B22BF #5A42DD #8776E6 #B5AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#5A42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#5A42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42DD

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42DD	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.223 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9679e9',
    500: '#5a42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42dd;
$custom-light: #9679e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.29,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50574,
    "c": 0.22267,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.11291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42DD

secondary

#D3DD9D

accent

#EC3BD1

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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