#5C42E0#5C42E0

#5C42E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.226 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C42E0
RGB	rgb(92, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(250, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, 52.95, -76.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 93.11, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.0483 -0.2207)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.226 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8122, 11.5522, 71.6923)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C42E0 #C6E042

analogous

#4277E0 #5C42E0 #AB42E0

triadic

#5C42E0 #E05C42 #42E05C

tetradic

#5C42E0 #E04277 #C6E042 #42E0AB

square

#5C42E0 #E04277 #C6E042 #42E0AB

split-complementary

#5C42E0 #E0AB42 #77E042

monochromatic

#2B1890 #3B20C5 #5C42E0 #8977E9 #B7ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#5C42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#5C42E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C42E0

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C42E0	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.226 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9879eb',
    500: '#5c42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c42e0;
$custom-light: #9879eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.873,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51004,
    "c": 0.22591,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C42E0

secondary

#D5DF9F

accent

#EF39D1

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C42E0

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

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