#5C42E4#5C42E4

#5C42E4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.231 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C42E4
RGB	rgb(92, 66, 228)
HSL	hsl(250, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 54.13, -78.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 95.17, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% 0.0476 -0.2256)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.231 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3611, 11.7718, 74.5830)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C42E4 #CAE442

analogous

#4279E4 #5C42E4 #AD42E4

triadic

#5C42E4 #E45C42 #42E45C

tetradic

#5C42E4 #E44279 #CAE442 #42E4AD

square

#5C42E4 #E44279 #CAE442 #42E4AD

split-complementary

#5C42E4 #E4AD42 #79E442

monochromatic

#2A1596 #391DCC #5C42E4 #8A78EC #B8ADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#5C42E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#5C42E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C42E4

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C42E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C42E4	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c42e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 66, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.231 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9979ee',
    500: '#5c42e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c42e4;
$custom-light: #9979ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c42e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.63,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51365,
    "c": 0.2306,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C42E4

secondary

#D7E2A0

accent

#F236D4

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C42E4

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

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