#541C8E#541C8E

#541C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.173 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541C8E
RGB	rgb(84, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 47.46, -52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 70.47, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.0873 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.173 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9527, 4.6682, 26.0153)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541C8E #568E1C

analogous

#1C1D8E #541C8E #8D1C8E

triadic

#541C8E #8E541C #1C8E54

tetradic

#541C8E #8E1C1D #568E1C #1C8E8D

square

#541C8E #8E1C1D #568E1C #1C8E8D

split-complementary

#541C8E #8E8D1C #1D8E1C

monochromatic

#180828 #36125B #541C8E #7226C1 #9149DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#541C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#541C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541C8E

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541C8E	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.173 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fb0',
    500: '#541c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541c8e;
$custom-light: #8a5fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.474,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3817,
    "c": 0.17258,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541C8E

secondary

#84BD49

accent

#EA3E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #541C8E

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

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