#5A42EA#5A42EA

#5A42EA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.238 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A42EA
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(249, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, 55.64, -81.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 98.33, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.0437 -0.2338)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.238 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0113, 12.0090, 79.0367)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A42EA #D2EA42

analogous

#427EEA #5A42EA #AE42EA

triadic

#5A42EA #EA5A42 #42EA5A

tetradic

#5A42EA #EA427E #D2EA42 #42EAAE

square

#5A42EA #EA427E #D2EA42 #42EAAE

split-complementary

#5A42EA #EAAE42 #7EEA42

monochromatic

#2612A0 #3318D7 #5A42EA #8A79F0 #BAB0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#5A42EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#5A42EA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A42EA

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A42EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A42EA	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a42ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.238 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9979f2',
    500: '#5a42ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a42ea;
$custom-light: #9979f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a42ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51758,
    "c": 0.2379,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A42EA

secondary

#DCE5A3

accent

#F631DA

background

#FAF7FF

surface

#F4EEFE

border

#CEC9D6

text

#0F0917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A42EA

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

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