#5E42D2#5E42D2

#5E42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.209 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E42D2
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.46, 49.11, -70.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.46, 85.71, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.0536 -0.202)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.209 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1936, 10.9282, 62.1109)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E42D2 #B6D242

analogous

#426ED2 #5E42D2 #A642D2

triadic

#5E42D2 #D25E42 #42D25E

tetradic

#5E42D2 #D2426E #B6D242 #42D2A6

square

#5E42D2 #D2426E #B6D242 #42D2A6

split-complementary

#5E42D2 #D2A642 #6ED242

monochromatic

#301E7C #4329AD #5E42D2 #8873DE #B2A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#5E42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#5E42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E42D2

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E42D2	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#286885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.209 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9779e1',
    500: '#5e42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e42d2;
$custom-light: #9779e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49936,
    "c": 0.20903,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E42D2

secondary

#CBD799

accent

#E543C5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E42D2

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

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