#5B42DA#5B42DA

#5B42DA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.219 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B42DA
RGB	rgb(91, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(250, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(250, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.88, 51.03, -74.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.88, 90.02, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.0481 -0.2136)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.219 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9136, 11.1813, 67.4776)
Luminance	0.1118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B42DA #C1DA42

analogous

#4275DA #5B42DA #A742DA

triadic

#5B42DA #DA5B42 #42DA5B

tetradic

#5B42DA #DA4275 #C1DA42 #42DAA7

square

#5B42DA #DA4275 #C1DA42 #42DAA7

split-complementary

#5B42DA #DAA742 #75DA42

monochromatic

#2C1A87 #3D24BA #5B42DA #8775E4 #B4A8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#5B42DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#5B42DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B42DA

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B42DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B42DA	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#066B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b42da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.219 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9679e7',
    500: '#5b42da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b42da;
$custom-light: #9679e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b42da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.868,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50386,
    "c": 0.21896,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B42DA

secondary

#D1DB9C

accent

#EA3ECE

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B42DA

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

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