#541D8E#541D8E

#541D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.172 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541D8E
RGB	rgb(84, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 47.05, -51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 70.02, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0864 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.172 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9768, 4.7165, 26.0234)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541D8E #578E1D

analogous

#1D1E8E #541D8E #8C1D8E

triadic

#541D8E #8E541D #1D8E54

tetradic

#541D8E #8E1D1E #578E1D #1D8E8C

square

#541D8E #8E1D1E #578E1D #1D8E8C

split-complementary

#541D8E #8E8C1D #1E8E1D

monochromatic

#180828 #36135B #541D8E #7227C1 #914BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#541D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#541D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541D8E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541D8E	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	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: #541d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.172 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60b0',
    500: '#541d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541d8e;
$custom-light: #8a60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.204,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3827,
    "c": 0.17157,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541D8E

secondary

#85BD4A

accent

#E93F96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #541D8E

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

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