#5D42C8#5D42C8

#5D42C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.197 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D42C8
RGB	rgb(93, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.54, 45.99, -65.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.54, 80.42, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49% 0.0537 -0.1895)
OKLCH	oklch(49% 0.197 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8846, 10.3928, 55.7487)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 0.87

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D42C8 #ADC842

analogous

#426AC8 #5D42C8 #A042C8

triadic

#5D42C8 #C85D42 #42C85D

tetradic

#5D42C8 #C8426A #ADC842 #42C8A0

square

#5D42C8 #C8426A #ADC842 #42C8A0

split-complementary

#5D42C8 #C8A042 #6AC842

monochromatic

#30206F #452E9F #5D42C8 #8671D6 #AEA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#5D42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#5D42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D42C8

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D42C8	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.197 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9578da',
    500: '#5d42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d42c8;
$custom-light: #9578da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.09,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48996,
    "c": 0.19699,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D42C8

secondary

#C4D096

accent

#DE4AC0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D42C8

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

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