#542C95#542C95

#542C95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.162 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542C95
RGB	rgb(84, 44, 149)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 41.72, -51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 65.94, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.0705 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.162 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9802, 5.8559, 29.0324)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542C95 #6D952C

analogous

#2C3995 #542C95 #882C95

triadic

#542C95 #95542C #2C9554

tetradic

#542C95 #952C39 #6D952C #2C9588

square

#542C95 #952C39 #6D952C #2C9588

split-complementary

#542C95 #95882C #39952C

monochromatic

#1F1037 #391E66 #542C95 #6F3AC4 #9169D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#542C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#542C95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542C95

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542C95	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 44, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.162 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b5',
    500: '#542c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542c95;
$custom-light: #8a68b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 54.404,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4067,
    "c": 0.1621,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542C95

secondary

#99B964

accent

#DE4AA5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #542C95

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

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