#540E5D#540E5D

#540E5D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.139 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E5D
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 93)
HSL	hsl(293, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(293, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 84.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.00, 41.54, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.00, 51.24, 324.16°)
OKLab	oklab(32.88% 0.1105 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(32.88% 0.139 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7888, 2.9896, 10.6259)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E5D #175D0E

analogous

#2C0E5D #540E5D #5D0E3E

triadic

#540E5D #5D540E #0E5D54

tetradic

#540E5D #5D2C0E #175D0E #0E3E5D

square

#540E5D #5D2C0E #175D0E #0E3E5D

split-complementary

#540E5D #3E5D0E #0E5D2C

monochromatic

#18041B #240628 #540E5D #841692 #B41EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#540E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#540E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E5D

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E5D	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C335B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551E36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.139 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87578b',
    500: '#540e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e5d;
$custom-light: #87578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.165,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32877,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E5D

secondary

#3C9730

accent

#F0374C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C030C

muted

#7D787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E5D

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

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