#541E8B#541E8B

#541E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.167 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541E8B
RGB	rgb(84, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, 45.87, -50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 67.99, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.0864 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.167 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7795, 4.6774, 24.8614)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541E8B #558B1E

analogous

#1E1E8B #541E8B #8A1E8B

triadic

#541E8B #8B541E #1E8B54

tetradic

#541E8B #8B1E1E #558B1E #1E8B8A

square

#541E8B #8B1E1E #558B1E #1E8B8A

split-complementary

#541E8B #8B8A1E #1E8B1E

monochromatic

#170826 #361359 #541E8B #7229BD #914BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#541E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#541E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541E8B

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541E8B	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.167 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60ae',
    500: '#541e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541e8b;
$custom-light: #8a60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.725,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38107,
    "c": 0.16733,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541E8B

secondary

#83BB4A

accent

#E74095

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #541E8B

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

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