#542AA2#542AA2

#542AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.180 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542AA2
RGB	rgb(84, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, 46.34, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 74.07, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% 0.0697 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.18 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0039, 6.1490, 34.7825)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542AA2 #78A22A

analogous

#2A3CA2 #542AA2 #902AA2

triadic

#542AA2 #A2542A #2AA254

tetradic

#542AA2 #A22A3C #78A22A #2AA290

square

#542AA2 #A22A3C #78A22A #2AA290

split-complementary

#542AA2 #A2902A #3CA22A

monochromatic

#221141 #3B1D71 #542AA2 #6F3DCD #936DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#542AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#542AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542AA2

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542AA2	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.180 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68bf',
    500: '#542aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542aa2;
$custom-light: #8c68bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41538,
    "c": 0.17978,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542AA2

secondary

#A1C068

accent

#E246AB

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542AA2

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

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