#5A42E2#5A42E2

#5A42E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.229 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42E2
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(249, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, 53.27, -77.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 94.22, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.0453 -0.224)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.229 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8878, 11.5597, 73.1200)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42E2 #CAE242

analogous

#427AE2 #5A42E2 #AA42E2

triadic

#5A42E2 #E25A42 #42E25A

tetradic

#5A42E2 #E2427A #CAE242 #42E2AA

square

#5A42E2 #E2427A #CAE242 #42E2AA

split-complementary

#5A42E2 #E2AA42 #7AE242

monochromatic

#291793 #381FC8 #5A42E2 #8877EA #B7ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#5A42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#5A42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42E2

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42E2	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.229 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9779ec',
    500: '#5a42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42e2;
$custom-light: #9779ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51025,
    "c": 0.22857,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42E2

secondary

#D7E09F

accent

#F038D4

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42E2

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

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