HEX atlas value

#5A4FCF

#5A4FCF is a cool blue HEX color nearest Iris. RGB 90, 79, 207, HSL 245° 57% 56%, luminance 0.1227; view contrast and conversions.

blue cool balanced

#5A4FCF Sample readable text

HEX #5A4FCF

RGB rgb(90, 79, 207)

HSL hsl(245 57% 56%)

CMYK cmyk(57, 62, 0, 19)

Luminance 0.1227

Contrast Black 3.45:1White 6.08:1

CSS

--color-5a4fcf: #5A4FCF;
.background-5a4fcf { background-color: #5A4FCF; }
.text-5a4fcf { color: #5A4FCF; }

HEX meaning and use

About #5A4FCF

#5A4FCF is classified as a cool blue value with balanced visual character. #5A4FCF is visually closest to Iris, a named blue color with HEX #5A4FCF.

The RGB channels are 90, 79, and 207, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 245deg with 57% saturation and 56% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and calm digital interfaces. Its luminance is 0.1227, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.45:1AA Fail

White text6.08:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #5A4FCF needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.45:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF6.08:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#C4CF4F#C4CF4F · #000000 text · best 12.39:1 #332A98#332A98 · #FFFFFF text · best 10.9:1 #9D97E2#9D97E2 · #000000 text · best 7.96:1 #4536E7#4536E7 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.16:1 Tanzanite#4D5DAB · #FFFFFF text · best 6.05:1

Generated Palette

Iris#5A4FCF

#C4CF4F#C4CF4F

#4F84CF#4F84CF

#994FCF#994FCF

#9D97E2#9D97E2

#332A98#332A98

Color Harmonies

#C4CF4F#C4CF4F

#4F84CF#4F84CF

#994FCF#994FCF

#CF5A4F#CF5A4F

#4FCF5A#4FCF5A

Variants

#9D97E2#9D97E2

#332A98#332A98

#4536E7#4536E7

#6E68B6#6E68B6

#BEBAE3#BEBAE3

#5747FF#5747FF

Nearest Named Colors

Iris#5A4FCF

Slate Blue#6A5ACD

Royal Blue#4169E1

Tanzanite#4D5DAB

Royal Purple#7851A9

Luminance0.1227

Black text3.45:1AA Fail

White text6.08:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#5A4FCF","rgb":[90,79,207],"hsl":[245,57,56],"cmyk":[57,62,0,19],"luminance":0.1227,"contrast":{"black":3.45,"white":6.08}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.45,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":6.08,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#C4CF4F","hex":"#C4CF4F","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.39,"contrastWhite":1.7,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#332A98","hex":"#332A98","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.93,"contrastWhite":10.9,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#9D97E2","hex":"#9D97E2","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.96,"contrastWhite":2.64,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#4536E7","hex":"#4536E7","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.93,"contrastWhite":7.16,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"Tanzanite","hex":"#4D5DAB","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.47,"contrastWhite":6.05,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool blue","balanced","balanced blue","Iris adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","calm digital interfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/5a4fcf.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/iris.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/slate-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/royal-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C4CF4F","analogous":["#4F84CF","#994FCF"],"triadic":["#CF5A4F","#4FCF5A"],"tetradic":["#CF4F84","#C4CF4F","#4FCF99"],"splitComplementary":["#CF994F","#84CF4F"],"monochromatic":["#9D97E2","#5A4FCF","#332A98"]}

Variants

{"light":"#9D97E2","dark":"#332A98","saturated":"#4536E7","desaturated":"#6E68B6","pastel":"#BEBAE3","neon":"#5747FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"iris","name":"Iris","hex":"#5A4FCF","distance":0},{"slug":"slate-blue","name":"Slate Blue","hex":"#6A5ACD","distance":19.519221295943137},{"slug":"royal-blue","name":"Royal Blue","hex":"#4169E1","distance":40.311288741492746},{"slug":"tanzanite","name":"Tanzanite","hex":"#4D5DAB","distance":40.755367744629666},{"slug":"royal-purple","name":"Royal Purple","hex":"#7851A9","distance":48.45616575834287}]

#5A4FCF

CSS

About #5A4FCF

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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