#5E42D8#5E42D8

#5E42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.216 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E42D8
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 50.87, -72.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 88.87, 304.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% 0.0525 -0.2097)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.216 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9552, 11.2328, 66.1218)
Luminance	0.1123 (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

#5E42D8 #BCD842

analogous

#4271D8 #5E42D8 #A942D8

triadic

#5E42D8 #D85E42 #42D85E

tetradic

#5E42D8 #D84271 #BCD842 #42D8A9

square

#5E42D8 #D84271 #BCD842 #42D8A9

split-complementary

#5E42D8 #D8A942 #71D842

monochromatic

#2F1B84 #4126B7 #5E42D8 #8975E2 #B4A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#5E42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#5E42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E42D8

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E42D8	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F6A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.216 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9879e5',
    500: '#5e42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e42d8;
$custom-light: #9879e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50458,
    "c": 0.2162,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E42D8

secondary

#CFDA9C

accent

#E93FC9

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFC

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E42D8

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

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