#542B97#542B97

#542B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.166 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542B97
RGB	rgb(84, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.02, 42.80, -52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.02, 67.60, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% 0.0712 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.166 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1045, 5.8467, 29.8683)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542B97 #6E972B

analogous

#2B3897 #542B97 #8A2B97

triadic

#542B97 #97542B #2B9754

tetradic

#542B97 #972B38 #6E972B #2B978A

square

#542B97 #972B38 #6E972B #2B978A

split-complementary

#542B97 #978A2B #38972B

monochromatic

#1F1038 #3A1D67 #542B97 #6F39C7 #9168D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#542B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#542B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542B97

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542B97	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.166 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b6',
    500: '#542b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542b97;
$custom-light: #8a68b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.778,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40705,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542B97

secondary

#99BB63

accent

#DF49A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #542B97

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

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