#5E42E4#5E42E4

#5E42E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.230 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E42E4
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 228)
HSL	hsl(250, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 71.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 54.39, -78.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 95.09, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.0503 -0.2248)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.23 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5636, 11.8762, 74.5925)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E42E4 #C8E442

analogous

#4277E4 #5E42E4 #AF42E4

triadic

#5E42E4 #E45E42 #42E45E

tetradic

#5E42E4 #E44277 #C8E442 #42E4AF

square

#5E42E4 #E44277 #C8E442 #42E4AF

split-complementary

#5E42E4 #E4AF42 #77E442

monochromatic

#2C1596 #3B1DCC #5E42E4 #8C78EC #B9ADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#5E42E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#5E42E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E42E4

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E42E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E42E4	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e42e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.230 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a79ee',
    500: '#5e42e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e42e4;
$custom-light: #9a79ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e42e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.37,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51526,
    "c": 0.23032,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E42E4

secondary

#D6E2A0

accent

#F236D1

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E42E4

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

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