#54237E#54237E

#54237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.147 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#54237E
RGB	rgb(84, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 40.26, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 58.50, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% 0.0841 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.147 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0222, 4.5933, 20.1986)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#54237E #4D7E23

analogous

#27237E #54237E #7E237B

triadic

#54237E #7E5423 #237E54

tetradic

#54237E #7E2723 #4D7E23 #237B7E

square

#54237E #7E2723 #4D7E23 #237B7E

split-complementary

#54237E #7B7E23 #237E27

monochromatic

#14081E #34164E #54237E #7430AE #934ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#54237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#54237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #54237E

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##54237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##54237E	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #54237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.147 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862a4',
    500: '#54237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #54237e;
$custom-light: #8862a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#54237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37594,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#54237E

secondary

#7BB04C

accent

#E0488E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #54237E

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

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