#541979#541979

#541979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.154 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541979
RGB	rgb(84, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 43.59, -42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 60.89, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.0954 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.154 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4543, 3.9607, 18.4572)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541979 #3E7919

analogous

#241979 #541979 #79196E

triadic

#541979 #795419 #197954

tetradic

#541979 #792419 #3E7919 #196E79

square

#541979 #792419 #3E7919 #196E79

split-complementary

#541979 #6E7919 #197924

monochromatic

#120519 #310F46 #541979 #7723AC #9837D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#541979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#541979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541979

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541979	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.154 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885da0',
    500: '#541979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541979;
$custom-light: #885da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.875,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36051,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541979

secondary

#6AAE40

accent

#E93F80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #541979

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

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