#540E55#540E55

#540E55 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.132 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E55
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 85)
HSL	hsl(299, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(299, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 83.5%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.45, 40.02, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.45, 47.47, 327.47°)
OKLab	oklab(32.31% 0.1112 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(32.31% 0.132 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4528, 2.8552, 8.8565)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E55 #0F550E

analogous

#310E55 #540E55 #550E33

triadic

#540E55 #55540E #0E5554

tetradic

#540E55 #55310E #0F550E #0E3355

square

#540E55 #55310E #0F550E #0E3355

split-complementary

#540E55 #33550E #0E5531

monochromatic

#1A041A #200520 #540E55 #88178A #BC1FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#540E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#540E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E55

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E55	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571A31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.132 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875685',
    500: '#540e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e55;
$custom-light: #875685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.155,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32313,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E55

secondary

#318F30

accent

#EE393C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C030B

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E55

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

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