#541B5E#541B5E

#541B5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.124 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541B5E
RGB	rgb(84, 27, 94)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 36.64, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 45.93, 322.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.23% 0.0967 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(34.23% 0.124 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0682, 3.4771, 10.9390)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541B5E #255E1B

analogous

#321B5E #541B5E #5E1B46

triadic

#541B5E #5E541B #1B5E54

tetradic

#541B5E #5E321B #255E1B #1B465E

square

#541B5E #5E321B #255E1B #1B465E

split-complementary

#541B5E #465E1B #1B5E32

monochromatic

#150718 #2A0D2E #541B5E #7E298E #A936BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#541B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#541B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541B5E

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541B5E	1.00	12.39	1.70	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23365C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 27, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.124 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875d8c',
    500: '#541b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541b5e;
$custom-light: #875d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.045,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34225,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541B5E

secondary

#4D9441

accent

#DF495F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #541B5E

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

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