#5A42E0#5A42E0

#5A42E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.226 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42E0
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(249, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, 52.68, -76.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 93.18, 304.42°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.0457 -0.2216)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.226 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6150, 11.4505, 71.6831)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42E0 #C8E042

analogous

#4279E0 #5A42E0 #A942E0

triadic

#5A42E0 #E05A42 #42E05A

tetradic

#5A42E0 #E04279 #C8E042 #42E0A9

square

#5A42E0 #E04279 #C8E042 #42E0A9

split-complementary

#5A42E0 #E0A942 #79E042

monochromatic

#2A1890 #3920C5 #5A42E0 #8877E9 #B6ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#5A42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#5A42E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42E0

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42E0	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.226 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9779eb',
    500: '#5a42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42e0;
$custom-light: #9779eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.114,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50844,
    "c": 0.22622,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42E0

secondary

#D5DF9F

accent

#EF39D3

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42E0

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

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