#541996#541996

#541996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.184 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541996
RGB	rgb(84, 25, 150)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 83.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 50.62, -56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 75.85, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.087 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.184 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5074, 4.7819, 29.2703)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.12

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541996 #5B9619

analogous

#191C96 #541996 #931996

triadic

#541996 #965419 #199654

tetradic

#541996 #96191C #5B9619 #199693

square

#541996 #96191C #5B9619 #199693

split-complementary

#541996 #969319 #1C9619

monochromatic

#19082D #371062 #541996 #7122CA #9049E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#541996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#541996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541996

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541996	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 25, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.184 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5fb6',
    500: '#541996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541996;
$custom-light: #8b5fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.32,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38629,
    "c": 0.18368,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541996

secondary

#89C249

accent

#EE3A99

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #541996

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

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