#5B42D2#5B42D2

#5B42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.209 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B42D2
RGB	rgb(91, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(250, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.19, 48.65, -70.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.19, 85.81, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.0495 -0.2034)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.209 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8919, 10.7726, 62.0968)
Luminance	0.1077 (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

#5B42D2 #B9D242

analogous

#4271D2 #5B42D2 #A342D2

triadic

#5B42D2 #D25B42 #42D25B

tetradic

#5B42D2 #D24271 #B9D242 #42D2A3

square

#5B42D2 #D24271 #B9D242 #42D2A3

split-complementary

#5B42D2 #D2A342 #71D242

monochromatic

#2E1E7C #4029AD #5B42D2 #8673DE #B1A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#5B42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#5B42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B42D2

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B42D2	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D6885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.209 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9578e1',
    500: '#5b42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b42d2;
$custom-light: #9578e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49681,
    "c": 0.20937,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B42D2

secondary

#CCD799

accent

#E543C9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B42D2

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

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