#5B42D7#5B42D7

#5B42D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.215 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B42D7
RGB	rgb(91, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(250, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, 50.14, -72.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 88.45, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.12% 0.0486 -0.2098)
OKLCH	oklch(50.12% 0.215 283)
XYZ	xyz(18.5246, 11.0257, 65.4288)
Luminance	0.1103 (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

#5B42D7 #BED742

analogous

#4273D7 #5B42D7 #A542D7

triadic

#5B42D7 #D75B42 #42D75B

tetradic

#5B42D7 #D74273 #BED742 #42D7A5

square

#5B42D7 #D74273 #BED742 #42D7A5

split-complementary

#5B42D7 #D7A542 #73D742

monochromatic

#2D1C83 #3E26B5 #5B42D7 #8775E2 #B3A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#5B42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#5B42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B42D7

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B42D7	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#116A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.215 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9679e4',
    500: '#5b42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b42d7;
$custom-light: #9679e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.067,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5012,
    "c": 0.21538,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.11027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B42D7

secondary

#CFDA9B

accent

#E840CC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B42D7

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

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