#5c42e2

Color #5c42e2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 16.59 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5c42e2

RGB

rgb(92, 66, 226)

HSL

hsl(249.7, 73.4%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.7, 70.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(40.67, 53.54, -77.44)

LCH

lch(40.67, 94.15, 304.66)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.2283, 282.14)

HWB

hwb(249.7, 25.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8e242

Analogous

#4278e2

#5c42e2

#ac42e2

Triadic

#5c42e2

#e25c42

#42e25c

Split-complementary

#5c42e2

#e2ac42

#78e242

Tetradic

#5c42e2

#e242c8

#c8e242

#42e25c

Square

#5c42e2

#e24278

#c8e242

#42e2ac

Shades

Color #5c42e2 mixed toward black.

#3d20d3

#311aa9

#25137f

#190d54

#0c062a

Tints

Color #5c42e2 mixed toward white.

#7762e7

#9281ec

#aea1f1

#c9c0f5

#e4e0fa

Tones

Color #5c42e2 mixed toward gray.

#6550d5

#6e5dc7

#776aba

#8077ad

#89859f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.33:1

White text reads better on this background (6.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5252ca · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#5355c3 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#5bb4ae · ΔE 44.8

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c42e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c42e2]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5c42e2 (#5c42e2) is rgb(92, 66, 226) in RGB.

No, #5c42e2 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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