#542C8A#542C8A

#542C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.149 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542C8A
RGB	rgb(84, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 38.71, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 59.89, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.77% 0.0721 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(39.77% 0.149 299)
XYZ	xyz(9.1431, 5.5211, 24.6238)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542C8A #628A2C

analogous

#2C338A #542C8A #832C8A

triadic

#542C8A #8A542C #2C8A54

tetradic

#542C8A #8A2C33 #628A2C #2C8A83

square

#542C8A #8A2C33 #628A2C #2C8A83

split-complementary

#542C8A #8A832C #338A2C

monochromatic

#1C0E2D #381D5C #542C8A #703BB8 #9063CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#542C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#542C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542C8A

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542C8A	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.149 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968ad',
    500: '#542c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542c8a;
$custom-light: #8968ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.532,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39768,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542C8A

secondary

#8FB45E

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542C8A

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

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