#542AA8#542AA8

#542AA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.187 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542AA8
RGB	rgb(84, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 48.00, -60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 77.25, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.0683 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.187 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5500, 6.3675, 37.6587)
Luminance	0.0637 (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

#542AA8 #7EA82A

analogous

#2A3FA8 #542AA8 #932AA8

triadic

#542AA8 #A8542A #2AA854

tetradic

#542AA8 #A82A3F #7EA82A #2AA893

square

#542AA8 #A82A3F #7EA82A #2AA893

split-complementary

#542AA8 #A8932A #3FA82A

monochromatic

#231246 #3C1E77 #542AA8 #7040CF #9471DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#542AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#542AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542AA8

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542AA8	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.187 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68c3',
    500: '#542aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542aa8;
$custom-light: #8d68c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42081,
    "c": 0.18668,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542AA8

secondary

#A5C36B

accent

#E345AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #542AA8

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

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