#5B42CC#5B42CC

#5B42CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.202 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B42CC
RGB	rgb(91, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.69, 46.86, -68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.69, 82.62, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.16% 0.0504 -0.1957)
OKLCH	oklch(49.16% 0.202 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1584, 10.4792, 58.2336)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.35

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B42CC #B3CC42

analogous

#426ECC #5B42CC #A042CC

triadic

#5B42CC #CC5B42 #42CC5B

tetradic

#5B42CC #CC426E #B3CC42 #42CCA0

square

#5B42CC #CC426E #B3CC42 #42CCA0

split-complementary

#5B42CC #CCA042 #6ECC42

monochromatic

#2F1F74 #422CA4 #5B42CC #8572D9 #AFA2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#5B42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#5B42CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B42CC

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B42CC	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#266682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.202 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9478dd',
    500: '#5b42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b42cc;
$custom-light: #9478dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49163,
    "c": 0.20209,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B42CC

secondary

#C8D397

accent

#E147C5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B42CC

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

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