#542AA3#542AA3

#542AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.181 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542AA3
RGB	rgb(84, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 46.62, -58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 74.60, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.0695 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.181 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0931, 6.1847, 35.2525)
Luminance	0.0619 (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

#542AA3 #79A32A

analogous

#2A3DA3 #542AA3 #902AA3

triadic

#542AA3 #A3542A #2AA354

tetradic

#542AA3 #A32A3D #79A32A #2AA390

square

#542AA3 #A32A3D #79A32A #2AA390

split-complementary

#542AA3 #A3902A #3DA32A

monochromatic

#221142 #3B1D72 #542AA3 #6F3DCD #936EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#542AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#542AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542AA3

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542AA3	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.181 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68bf',
    500: '#542aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542aa3;
$custom-light: #8c68bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.826,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41628,
    "c": 0.18093,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542AA3

secondary

#A2C068

accent

#E246AC

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542AA3

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

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