#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
RGBrgb(91, 66, 210)
HSLhsl(250, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(250, 69%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(56.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(39.19, 48.65, -70.69)
CIE-LCHlch(39.19, 85.81, 304.53°)
OKLaboklab(49.68% 0.0495 -0.2034)
OKLCHoklch(49.68% 0.209 283.7)
XYZxyz(17.8919, 10.7726, 62.0968)
Luminance0.1077 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##5B42D21.006.663.156.66
#FFFFFF6.661.0021.001.00
#0000003.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.661.0021.001.00

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

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#5B42D2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva