#5B42BB#5B42BB

#5B42BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.181 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B42BB
RGB	rgb(91, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 41.78, -60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 73.42, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% 0.0526 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.181 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2296, 9.7077, 48.0754)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B42BB #A2BB42

analogous

#4265BB #5B42BB #9842BB

triadic

#5B42BB #BB5B42 #42BB5B

tetradic

#5B42BB #BB4265 #A2BB42 #42BB98

square

#5B42BB #BB4265 #A2BB42 #42BB98

split-complementary

#5B42BB #BB9842 #65BB42

monochromatic

#2F2261 #45328E #5B42BB #826ECC #A99CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#5B42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5B42BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B42BB

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B42BB	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#376078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.181 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9278d0',
    500: '#5b42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b42bb;
$custom-light: #9278d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.397,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47742,
    "c": 0.18098,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B42BB

secondary

#BDC891

accent

#D750BC

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B42BB

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

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