#541B85#541B85

#541B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.164 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541B85
RGB	rgb(84, 27, 133)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 79.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 45.65, -48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 66.24, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0907 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.164 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2807, 4.3621, 22.5915)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541B85 #4C851B

analogous

#1F1B85 #541B85 #851B81

triadic

#541B85 #85541B #1B8554

tetradic

#541B85 #851F1B #4C851B #1B8185

square

#541B85 #851F1B #4C851B #1B8185

split-complementary

#541B85 #81851B #1B851F

monochromatic

#14061F #341152 #541B85 #7425B8 #9342D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#541B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#541B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541B85

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541B85	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 27, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.164 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ea9',
    500: '#541b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541b85;
$custom-light: #895ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.264,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37273,
    "c": 0.16417,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541B85

secondary

#79B844

accent

#E93F8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #541B85

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

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