#5A42DE#5A42DE

#5A42DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.224 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42DE
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(249, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(249, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.15, 52.08, -76.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.15, 92.15, 304.42°)
OKLab	oklab(50.66% 0.046 -0.2191)
OKLCH	oklch(50.66% 0.224 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3454, 11.3427, 70.2630)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42DE #C6DE42

analogous

#4278DE #5A42DE #A842DE

triadic

#5A42DE #DE5A42 #42DE5A

tetradic

#5A42DE #DE4278 #C6DE42 #42DEA8

square

#5A42DE #DE4278 #C6DE42 #42DEA8

split-complementary

#5A42DE #DEA842 #78DE42

monochromatic

#2B198D #3A22C1 #5A42DE #8776E7 #B5AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#5A42DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#5A42DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42DE

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42DE	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.224 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9779ea',
    500: '#5a42de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42de;
$custom-light: #9779ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50663,
    "c": 0.22386,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42DE

secondary

#D4DE9E

accent

#ED3BD2

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42DE

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

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