#542BAC#542BAC

#542BAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.190 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542BAC
RGB	rgb(84, 43, 172)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 75%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 48.62, -62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 78.83, 308.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.0664 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.19 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9643, 6.5906, 39.6634)
Luminance	0.0659 (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

#542BAC #83AC2B

analogous

#2B42AC #542BAC #952BAC

triadic

#542BAC #AC542B #2BAC54

tetradic

#542BAC #AC2B42 #83AC2B #2BAC95

square

#542BAC #AC2B42 #83AC2B #2BAC95

split-complementary

#542BAC #AC952B #42AC2B

monochromatic

#24134A #3C1F7B #542BAC #7144D0 #9675DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#542BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#542BAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542BAC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542BAC	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 43, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.190 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c6',
    500: '#542bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542bac;
$custom-light: #8d69c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.07,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42568,
    "c": 0.19021,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542BAC

secondary

#A9C46F

accent

#E345B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #542BAC

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

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