#54238E#54238E

#54238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.165 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#54238E
RGB	rgb(84, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.85, 44.37, -50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.85, 67.09, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.081 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.165 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1384, 5.0398, 26.0773)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#54238E #5D8E23

analogous

#23278E #54238E #8A238E

triadic

#54238E #8E5423 #238E54

tetradic

#54238E #8E2327 #5D8E23 #238E8A

square

#54238E #8E2327 #5D8E23 #238E8A

split-complementary

#54238E #8E8A23 #278E23

monochromatic

#1A0B2C #37175D #54238E #712FBF #9056D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#54238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#54238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #54238E

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##54238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##54238E	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #54238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.165 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63b0',
    500: '#54238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #54238e;
$custom-light: #8a63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#54238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.477,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38928,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#54238E

secondary

#8BB953

accent

#E4449B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #54238E

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

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