#54237D#54237D

#54237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.146 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#54237D
RGB	rgb(84, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.47, 40.01, -41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.47, 57.96, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0843 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.146 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9580, 4.5676, 19.8605)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#54237D #4C7D23

analogous

#27237D #54237D #7D2379

triadic

#54237D #7D5423 #237D54

tetradic

#54237D #7D2723 #4C7D23 #23797D

square

#54237D #7D2723 #4C7D23 #23797D

split-complementary

#54237D #797D23 #237D27

monochromatic

#14081D #34164D #54237D #7430AD #934DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#54237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#54237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #54237D

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##54237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##54237D	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #54237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.146 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862a3',
    500: '#54237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #54237d;
$custom-light: #8862a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#54237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37514,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#54237D

secondary

#79AF4C

accent

#E0488D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #54237D

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

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