#542BAE#542BAE

#542BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.193 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542BAE
RGB	rgb(84, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 49.17, -62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 79.88, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.0659 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.193 290)
XYZ	xyz(12.1578, 6.6680, 40.6826)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#542BAE #85AE2B

analogous

#2B43AE #542BAE #962BAE

triadic

#542BAE #AE542B #2BAE54

tetradic

#542BAE #AE2B43 #85AE2B #2BAE96

square

#542BAE #AE2B43 #85AE2B #2BAE96

split-complementary

#542BAE #AE962B #43AE2B

monochromatic

#25134C #3C1F7D #542BAE #7145D1 #9676DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#542BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#542BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542BAE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542BAE	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.193 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c7',
    500: '#542bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542bae;
$custom-light: #8d69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.779,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42753,
    "c": 0.1925,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.06669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542BAE

secondary

#AAC570

accent

#E444B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #542BAE

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

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