#5C42C8#5C42C8

#5C42C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.197 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C42C8
RGB	rgb(92, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 45.83, -66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 80.45, 304.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.91% 0.0524 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(48.91% 0.197 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7840, 10.3409, 55.7440)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.02

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C42C8 #AEC842

analogous

#426BC8 #5C42C8 #9F42C8

triadic

#5C42C8 #C85C42 #42C85C

tetradic

#5C42C8 #C8426B #AEC842 #42C89F

square

#5C42C8 #C8426B #AEC842 #42C89F

split-complementary

#5C42C8 #C89F42 #6BC842

monochromatic

#30206F #442E9F #5C42C8 #8571D6 #AEA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#5C42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#5C42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C42C8

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C42C8	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.197 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9478da',
    500: '#5c42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c42c8;
$custom-light: #9478da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.642,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48908,
    "c": 0.19708,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C42C8

secondary

#C5D096

accent

#DE4AC1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C42C8

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

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