#5E42CE#5E42CE

#5E42CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.204 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E42CE
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.12, 47.93, -68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.12, 83.59, 304.99°)
OKLab	oklab(49.59% 0.0542 -0.1969)
OKLCH	oklch(49.59% 0.204 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7015, 10.7314, 59.5192)
Luminance	0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Bluey Purple

#6241C7

ΔE00 1.21

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E42CE #B2CE42

analogous

#426CCE #5E42CE #A442CE

triadic

#5E42CE #CE5E42 #42CE5E

tetradic

#5E42CE #CE426C #B2CE42 #42CEA4

square

#5E42CE #CE426C #B2CE42 #42CEA4

split-complementary

#5E42CE #CEA442 #6CCE42

monochromatic

#301F77 #442BA7 #5E42CE #8773DB #B1A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#5E42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#5E42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E42CE

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E42CE	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D6683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.204 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9678de',
    500: '#5e42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e42ce;
$custom-light: #9678de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49592,
    "c": 0.2042,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E42CE

secondary

#C8D498

accent

#E246C3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E42CE

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

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