#540E57#540E57

#540E57 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.134 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E57
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 87)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(298, 84%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 83.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.59, 40.39, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.59, 48.40, 326.57°)
OKLab	oklab(32.45% 0.1111 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(32.45% 0.134 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5334, 2.8874, 9.2809)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E57 #11570E

analogous

#2F0E57 #540E57 #570E36

triadic

#540E57 #57540E #0E5754

tetradic

#540E57 #572F0E #11570E #0E3657

square

#540E57 #572F0E #11570E #0E3657

split-complementary

#540E57 #36570E #0E572F

monochromatic

#19041A #210622 #540E57 #87168C #BA1FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.31

#540E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#540E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E57

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E57	1.00	13.31	1.58	13.31
#FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561B32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.134 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875787',
    500: '#540e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e57;
$custom-light: #875787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.534,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3245,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E57

secondary

#349130

accent

#EF3940

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C030B

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E57

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

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