#542AAA#542AAA

#542AAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.189 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542AAA
RGB	rgb(84, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 48.55, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 78.30, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.0678 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.189 291)
XYZ	xyz(11.7378, 6.4426, 38.6475)
Luminance	0.0644 (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

#542AAA #80AA2A

analogous

#2A40AA #542AAA #942AAA

triadic

#542AAA #AA542A #2AAA54

tetradic

#542AAA #AA2A40 #80AA2A #2AAA94

square

#542AAA #AA2A40 #80AA2A #2AAA94

split-complementary

#542AAA #AA942A #40AA2A

monochromatic

#241248 #3C1E79 #542AAA #7041D0 #9572DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#542AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#542AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542AAA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542AAA	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.189 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68c4',
    500: '#542aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542aaa;
$custom-light: #8d68c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.688,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42264,
    "c": 0.18898,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.06443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542AAA

secondary

#A7C36C

accent

#E444AF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #542AAA

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

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