#542AA4#542AA4

#542AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.182 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542AA4
RGB	rgb(84, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.96, 46.89, -58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.96, 75.13, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% 0.0693 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.182 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1831, 6.2207, 35.7262)
Luminance	0.0622 (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

#542AA4 #7AA42A

analogous

#2A3DA4 #542AA4 #912AA4

triadic

#542AA4 #A4542A #2AA454

tetradic

#542AA4 #A42A3D #7AA42A #2AA491

square

#542AA4 #A42A3D #7AA42A #2AA491

split-complementary

#542AA4 #A4912A #3DA42A

monochromatic

#221143 #3B1E73 #542AA4 #6F3ECD #936EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#542AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#542AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542AA4

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542AA4	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.182 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68c0',
    500: '#542aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542aa4;
$custom-light: #8c68c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.656,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41718,
    "c": 0.18209,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542AA4

secondary

#A3C169

accent

#E245AC

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542AA4

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

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