#540E7F#540E7F

#540E7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.170 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E7F
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 127)
HSL	hsl(277, 80%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 89%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 89%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.76, 48.73, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.76, 68.12, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.1023 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.17 307)
XYZ	xyz(7.6431, 3.7313, 20.3921)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E7F #397F0E

analogous

#1B0E7F #540E7F #7F0E72

triadic

#540E7F #7F540E #0E7F54

tetradic

#540E7F #7F1B0E #397F0E #0E727F

square

#540E7F #7F1B0E #397F0E #0E727F

split-complementary

#540E7F #727F0E #0E7F1B

monochromatic

#12031C #300848 #540E7F #7814B6 #9B21E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#540E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#540E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E7F

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E7F	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.170 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8959a5',
    500: '#540e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e7f;
$custom-light: #8959a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.168,
    "s": 80.142,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35669,
    "c": 0.16983,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.03731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E7F

secondary

#65B633

accent

#F7317C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E7F

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

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