#5E42E2#5E42E2

#5E42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.228 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E42E2
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 53.81, -77.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 94.06, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.0507 -0.2223)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.228 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2875, 11.7658, 73.1387)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E42E2 #C6E242

analogous

#4276E2 #5E42E2 #AE42E2

triadic

#5E42E2 #E25E42 #42E25E

tetradic

#5E42E2 #E24276 #C6E242 #42E2AE

square

#5E42E2 #E24276 #C6E242 #42E2AE

split-complementary

#5E42E2 #E2AE42 #76E242

monochromatic

#2C1793 #3C1FC8 #5E42E2 #8B77EA #B8ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#5E42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#5E42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E42E2

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E42E2	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#016D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.228 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9979ec',
    500: '#5e42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e42e2;
$custom-light: #9979ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51345,
    "c": 0.22798,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E42E2

secondary

#D5E09F

accent

#F038D0

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E42E2

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

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