#5E42D7#5E42D7

#5E42D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.215 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E42D7
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.88, 50.58, -72.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.88, 88.34, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% 0.0527 -0.2084)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.215 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8263, 11.1813, 65.4430)
Luminance	0.1118 (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

#5E42D7 #BBD742

analogous

#4271D7 #5E42D7 #A842D7

triadic

#5E42D7 #D75E42 #42D75E

tetradic

#5E42D7 #D74271 #BBD742 #42D7A8

square

#5E42D7 #D74271 #BBD742 #42D7A8

split-complementary

#5E42D7 #D7A842 #71D742

monochromatic

#2F1C83 #4126B5 #5E42D7 #8975E2 #B4A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#5E42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#5E42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E42D7

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E42D7	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#216988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.215 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9879e4',
    500: '#5e42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e42d7;
$custom-light: #9879e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.275,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5037,
    "c": 0.21501,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E42D7

secondary

#CEDA9B

accent

#E840C8

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E42D7

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

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