#54238B#54238B

#54238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.162 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#54238B
RGB	rgb(84, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.59, 43.59, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.59, 65.49, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0817 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.162 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9162, 4.9509, 24.9070)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#54238B #5A8B23

analogous

#23268B #54238B #88238B

triadic

#54238B #8B5423 #238B54

tetradic

#54238B #8B2326 #5A8B23 #238B88

square

#54238B #8B2326 #5A8B23 #238B88

split-complementary

#54238B #8B8823 #268B23

monochromatic

#190A29 #36175A #54238B #722FBC #9154D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#54238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#54238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #54238B

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##54238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##54238B	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #54238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.162 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963ae',
    500: '#54238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #54238b;
$custom-light: #8963ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#54238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.269,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3867,
    "c": 0.16165,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#54238B

secondary

#88B852

accent

#E34598

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #54238B

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

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