#5B42CE#5B42CE

#5B42CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.205 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B42CE
RGB	rgb(91, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 47.45, -68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 83.69, 304.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% 0.0501 -0.1983)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.205 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3998, 10.5758, 59.5050)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.50

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B42CE #B5CE42

analogous

#426FCE #5B42CE #A142CE

triadic

#5B42CE #CE5B42 #42CE5B

tetradic

#5B42CE #CE426F #B5CE42 #42CEA1

square

#5B42CE #CE426F #B5CE42 #42CEA1

split-complementary

#5B42CE #CEA142 #6FCE42

monochromatic

#2F1F77 #422BA7 #5B42CE #8573DB #AFA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#5B42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#5B42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B42CE

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B42CE	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.205 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9578de',
    500: '#5b42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b42ce;
$custom-light: #9578de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49335,
    "c": 0.20452,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B42CE

secondary

#C9D498

accent

#E246C6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B42CE

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

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