#541D8B#541D8B

#541D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.168 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541D8B
RGB	rgb(84, 29, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 79.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 46.30, -50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 68.45, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38% 0.0873 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.168 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7546, 4.6276, 24.8531)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541D8B #548B1D

analogous

#1D1D8B #541D8B #8B1D8B

triadic

#541D8B #8B541D #1D8B54

tetradic

#541D8B #8B1D1D #548B1D #1D8B8B

square

#541D8B #8B1D1D #548B1D #1D8B8B

split-complementary

#541D8B #8B8B1D #1D8B1D

monochromatic

#170826 #351258 #541D8B #7328BE #9149D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#541D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#541D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541D8B

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541D8B	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 29, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.168 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60ae',
    500: '#541d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541d8b;
$custom-light: #8a60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38003,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541D8B

secondary

#82BB49

accent

#E83F94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #541D8B

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

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