#5E42E6#5E42E6

#5E42E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.233 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E42E6
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 230)
HSL	hsl(250, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 54.98, -78.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 96.12, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.0499 -0.2272)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.233 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8428, 11.9879, 76.0631)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E42E6 #CAE642

analogous

#4278E6 #5E42E6 #B042E6

triadic

#5E42E6 #E65E42 #42E65E

tetradic

#5E42E6 #E64278 #CAE642 #42E6B0

square

#5E42E6 #E64278 #CAE642 #42E6B0

split-complementary

#5E42E6 #E6B042 #78E642

monochromatic

#2B1499 #3A1BCF #5E42E6 #8C78ED #BAAEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#5E42E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#5E42E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E42E6

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E42E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E42E6	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e42e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.233 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a79ef',
    500: '#5e42e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e42e6;
$custom-light: #9a79ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e42e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51706,
    "c": 0.23264,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E42E6

secondary

#D7E3A1

accent

#F335D3

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E42E6

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

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