#541C8D#541C8D

#541C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.172 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541C8D
RGB	rgb(84, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.68, 47.21, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.68, 69.95, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0876 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.172 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8779, 4.6383, 25.6217)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541C8D #558D1C

analogous

#1C1C8D #541C8D #8C1C8D

triadic

#541C8D #8D541C #1C8D54

tetradic

#541C8D #8D1C1C #558D1C #1C8D8C

square

#541C8D #8D1C1C #558D1C #1C8D8C

split-complementary

#541C8D #8D8C1C #1C8D1C

monochromatic

#170827 #36125A #541C8D #7226C0 #9149DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#541C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#541C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541C8D

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541C8D	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.172 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5faf',
    500: '#541c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541c8d;
$custom-light: #8a5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.735,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3808,
    "c": 0.17153,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541C8D

secondary

#83BD48

accent

#EA3E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #541C8D

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

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