#5B42CA#5B42CA

#5B42CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.200 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B42CA
RGB	rgb(91, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.52, 46.26, -67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.52, 81.55, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% 0.0507 -0.1931)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.2 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9200, 10.3839, 56.9784)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.23

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B42CA #B1CA42

analogous

#426DCA #5B42CA #9F42CA

triadic

#5B42CA #CA5B42 #42CA5B

tetradic

#5B42CA #CA426D #B1CA42 #42CA9F

square

#5B42CA #CA426D #B1CA42 #42CA9F

split-complementary

#5B42CA #CA9F42 #6DCA42

monochromatic

#2F2072 #432DA2 #5B42CA #8472D7 #AEA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#5B42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#5B42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B42CA

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B42CA	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#286580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.200 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9478db',
    500: '#5b42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b42ca;
$custom-light: #9478db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48992,
    "c": 0.19964,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B42CA

secondary

#C7D196

accent

#DF48C4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B42CA

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

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