#542587#542587

#542587 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.155 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542587
RGB	rgb(84, 37, 135)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 72.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 41.57, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 62.27, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% 0.0804 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.155 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6898, 4.9572, 23.4160)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542587 #588725

analogous

#252787 #542587 #852587

triadic

#542587 #875425 #258754

tetradic

#542587 #872527 #588725 #258785

square

#542587 #872527 #588725 #258785

split-complementary

#542587 #878525 #278725

monochromatic

#180B27 #361857 #542587 #7232B7 #9156D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#542587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#542587 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542587

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542587	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)

#003E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 37, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.155 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964ab',
    500: '#542587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542587;
$custom-light: #8964ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3858,
    "c": 0.15465,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542587

secondary

#86B553

accent

#E04897

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542587

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

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