#5E42D6#5E42D6

#5E42D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.214 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5E42D6
RGBrgb(94, 66, 214)
HSLhsl(251, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(251, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(56.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(39.80, 50.29, -72.00)
CIE-LCHlch(39.80, 87.82, 304.93°)
OKLaboklab(50.28% 0.0529 -0.2072)
OKLCHoklch(50.28% 0.214 284.3)
XYZxyz(18.6982, 11.1300, 64.7683)
Luminance0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5E42D6 #BAD642
analogous
#4270D6 #5E42D6 #A842D6
triadic
#5E42D6 #D65E42 #42D65E
tetradic
#5E42D6 #D64270 #BAD642 #42D6A8
square
#5E42D6 #D64270 #BAD642 #42D6A8
split-complementary
#5E42D6 #D6A842 #70D642
monochromatic
#2F1C82 #4227B4 #5E42D6 #8974E1 #B4A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51
#5E42D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23
#5E42D6 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E42D6
6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5E42D6#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5E42D61.006.513.236.51
#FFFFFF6.511.0021.001.00
#0000003.2321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.511.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0062DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0059D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#226987
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5e42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.214 284.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9779e4',
    500: '#5e42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5e42d6;
$custom-light: #9779e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5e42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50283,
    "c": 0.21382,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5E42D6
secondary
#CDD99B
accent
#E740C8
background
#FAF7FE
surface
#F3EDFC
border
#CDC8D5
text
#0F0916
muted
#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E42D6

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#5E42D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva