#542579#542579

#542579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.139 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542579
RGB	rgb(84, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.53, 37.98, -39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.53, 54.65, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0824 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.139 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7682, 4.5885, 18.5619)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542579 #4A7925

analogous

#2A2579 #542579 #792574

triadic

#542579 #795425 #257954

tetradic

#542579 #792A25 #4A7925 #257479

square

#542579 #792A25 #4A7925 #257479

split-complementary

#542579 #747925 #25792A

monochromatic

#13081B #33174A #542579 #7533A8 #934FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#542579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#542579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542579

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542579	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)

#003B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.139 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863a0',
    500: '#542579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542579;
$custom-light: #8863a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37464,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542579

secondary

#77AB4E

accent

#DD4B8B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #542579

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

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