#541C8B#541C8B

#541C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.169 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541C8B
RGB	rgb(84, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 46.71, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 68.91, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.0881 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.169 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7305, 4.5794, 24.8450)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541C8B #538B1C

analogous

#1C1C8B #541C8B #8B1C8B

triadic

#541C8B #8B541C #1C8B54

tetradic

#541C8B #8B1C1C #538B1C #1C8B8B

square

#541C8B #8B1C1C #538B1C #1C8B8B

split-complementary

#541C8B #8B8B1C #1C8B1C

monochromatic

#160725 #351258 #541C8B #7326BE #9147DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#541C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#541C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541C8B

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541C8B	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.169 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fae',
    500: '#541c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541c8b;
$custom-light: #8a5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.27,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37901,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541C8B

secondary

#81BC47

accent

#E93E93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #541C8B

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

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