#5C42E2#5C42E2

#5C42E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.228 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C42E2
RGB	rgb(92, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(250, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.67, 53.54, -77.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.67, 94.14, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.048 -0.2232)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.228 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0850, 11.6613, 73.1292)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C42E2 #C8E242

analogous

#4278E2 #5C42E2 #AC42E2

triadic

#5C42E2 #E25C42 #42E25C

tetradic

#5C42E2 #E24278 #C8E242 #42E2AC

square

#5C42E2 #E24278 #C8E242 #42E2AC

split-complementary

#5C42E2 #E2AC42 #78E242

monochromatic

#2B1793 #3A1FC8 #5C42E2 #8A77EA #B8ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#5C42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#5C42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C42E2

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C42E2	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.228 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9879ec',
    500: '#5c42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c42e2;
$custom-light: #9879ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51184,
    "c": 0.22827,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C42E2

secondary

#D6E09F

accent

#F038D2

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C42E2

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

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