#5E42CA#5E42CA

#5E42CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.199 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E42CA
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.79, 46.75, -66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.79, 81.46, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.25% 0.0548 -0.1917)
OKLCH	oklch(49.25% 0.199 286)
XYZ	xyz(17.2218, 10.5395, 56.9925)
Luminance	0.1054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 0.83

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E42CA #AECA42

analogous

#426ACA #5E42CA #A242CA

triadic

#5E42CA #CA5E42 #42CA5E

tetradic

#5E42CA #CA426A #AECA42 #42CAA2

square

#5E42CA #CA426A #AECA42 #42CAA2

split-complementary

#5E42CA #CAA242 #6ACA42

monochromatic

#312072 #452DA2 #5E42CA #8772D7 #AFA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#5E42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#5E42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E42CA

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E42CA	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#316580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.199 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9678db',
    500: '#5e42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e42ca;
$custom-light: #9678db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49252,
    "c": 0.19934,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.1054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E42CA

secondary

#C5D196

accent

#DF48C0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E42CA

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

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