#541B8B#541B8B

#541B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.170 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541B8B
RGB	rgb(84, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 47.12, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 69.36, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.089 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.17 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7072, 4.5327, 24.8373)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541B8B #528B1B

analogous

#1C1B8B #541B8B #8B1B8A

triadic

#541B8B #8B541B #1B8B54

tetradic

#541B8B #8B1C1B #528B1B #1B8A8B

square

#541B8B #8B1C1B #528B1B #1B8A8B

split-complementary

#541B8B #8A8B1B #1B8B1C

monochromatic

#160725 #351158 #541B8B #7325BE #9245DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#541B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#541B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541B8B

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541B8B	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.170 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fae',
    500: '#541b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541b8b;
$custom-light: #8a5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.536,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37803,
    "c": 0.17044,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541B8B

secondary

#80BC45

accent

#EA3D92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #541B8B

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

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