#540F7F#540F7F

#540F7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.169 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540F7F
RGB	rgb(84, 15, 127)
HSL	hsl(277, 79%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 88%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 88.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.86, 48.45, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.86, 67.81, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.1017 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.169 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6569, 3.7589, 20.3967)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540F7F #3A7F0F

analogous

#1C0F7F #540F7F #7F0F72

triadic

#540F7F #7F540F #0F7F54

tetradic

#540F7F #7F1C0F #3A7F0F #0F727F

square

#540F7F #7F1C0F #3A7F0F #0F727F

split-complementary

#540F7F #727F0F #0F7F1C

monochromatic

#12031B #300948 #540F7F #7815B6 #9B23E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#540F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#540F7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540F7F

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540F7F	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 15, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.169 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8959a5',
    500: '#540f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540f7f;
$custom-light: #8959a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.964,
    "s": 78.873,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35734,
    "c": 0.1691,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540F7F

secondary

#66B534

accent

#F5327D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #540F7F

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

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