#541579#541579

#541579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.158 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541579
RGB	rgb(84, 21, 121)
HSL	hsl(278, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 82.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.01, 45.13, -43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.01, 62.60, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.099 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.158 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3748, 3.8018, 18.4308)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541579 #3A7915

analogous

#221579 #541579 #79156C

triadic

#541579 #795415 #157954

tetradic

#541579 #792215 #3A7915 #156C79

square

#541579 #792215 #3A7915 #156C79

split-complementary

#541579 #6C7915 #157922

monochromatic

#12051A #300C45 #541579 #781EAD #9B2EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#541579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#541579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541579

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541579	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 21, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.158 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ba0',
    500: '#541579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541579;
$custom-light: #895ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.8,
    "s": 70.423,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35675,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541579

secondary

#66AF3B

accent

#ED3B7D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #541579

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

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