#5E42BC#5E42BC

#5E42BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.182 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E42BC
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 42.63, -60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 73.90, 305.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.0566 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.182 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6388, 9.9063, 48.6553)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.68

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E42BC #A0BC42

analogous

#4263BC #5E42BC #9B42BC

triadic

#5E42BC #BC5E42 #42BC5E

tetradic

#5E42BC #BC4263 #A0BC42 #42BC9B

square

#5E42BC #BC4263 #A0BC42 #42BC9B

split-complementary

#5E42BC #BC9B42 #63BC42

monochromatic

#312261 #47328F #5E42BC #846FCC #AB9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#5E42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#5E42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E42BC

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E42BC	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.182 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9478d1',
    500: '#5e42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e42bc;
$custom-light: #9478d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48096,
    "c": 0.18205,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E42BC

secondary

#BCC991

accent

#D850B9

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E42BC

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

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