#54238D#54238D

#54238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.164 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#54238D
RGB	rgb(84, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 44.11, -49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 66.56, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.0812 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.164 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0637, 5.0099, 25.6836)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#54238D #5C8D23

analogous

#23278D #54238D #89238D

triadic

#54238D #8D5423 #238D54

tetradic

#54238D #8D2327 #5C8D23 #238D89

square

#54238D #8D2327 #5C8D23 #238D89

split-complementary

#54238D #8D8923 #278D23

monochromatic

#1A0B2B #37175C #54238D #712FBE #9055D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#54238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#54238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #54238D

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##54238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##54238D	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #54238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.164 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63af',
    500: '#54238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #54238d;
$custom-light: #8a63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#54238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.736,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38841,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#54238D

secondary

#8AB953

accent

#E3449A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #54238D

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

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