#540B56#540B56

#540B56 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.136 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540B56
RGB	rgb(84, 11, 86)
HSL	hsl(298, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(298, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 87.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.21, 41.11, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.21, 48.96, 327.10°)
OKLab	oklab(32.16% 0.1136 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(32.16% 0.136 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4555, 2.7964, 9.0547)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540B56 #0D560B

analogous

#2F0B56 #540B56 #560B33

triadic

#540B56 #56540B #0B5654

tetradic

#540B56 #562F0B #0D560B #0B3356

square

#540B56 #562F0B #0D560B #0B3356

split-complementary

#540B56 #33560B #0B562F

monochromatic

#1A031B #1F0420 #540B56 #89128C #BE19C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#540B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#540B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540B56

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540B56	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571931

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 11, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.136 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875586',
    500: '#540b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540b56;
$custom-light: #875586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32161,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540B56

secondary

#2E912B

accent

#F43439

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C030B

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #540B56

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

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