#5B42D8#5B42D8

#5B42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.217 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B42D8
RGB	rgb(91, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(250, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 50.43, -73.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 88.98, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% 0.0485 -0.2111)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.217 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6534, 11.0772, 66.1076)
Luminance	0.1108 (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

#5B42D8 #BFD842

analogous

#4274D8 #5B42D8 #A642D8

triadic

#5B42D8 #D85B42 #42D85B

tetradic

#5B42D8 #D84274 #BFD842 #42D8A6

square

#5B42D8 #D84274 #BFD842 #42D8A6

split-complementary

#5B42D8 #D8A642 #74D842

monochromatic

#2D1B84 #3E26B7 #5B42D8 #8775E2 #B3A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#5B42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#5B42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B42D8

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B42D8	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E6A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.217 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9679e5',
    500: '#5b42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b42d8;
$custom-light: #9679e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50208,
    "c": 0.21658,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B42D8

secondary

#D0DA9C

accent

#E93FCC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B42D8

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

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