#542CA4#542CA4

#542CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.180 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542CA4
RGB	rgb(84, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 45.89, -58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 74.05, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.0675 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.18 292)
XYZ	xyz(11.2558, 6.3661, 35.7505)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542CA4 #7CA42C

analogous

#2C40A4 #542CA4 #902CA4

triadic

#542CA4 #A4542C #2CA454

tetradic

#542CA4 #A42C40 #7CA42C #2CA490

square

#542CA4 #A42C40 #7CA42C #2CA490

split-complementary

#542CA4 #A4902C #40A42C

monochromatic

#231243 #3B1F74 #542CA4 #6F41CC #9471D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#542CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#542CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542CA4

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542CA4	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.180 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69c0',
    500: '#542ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542ca4;
$custom-light: #8c69c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41969,
    "c": 0.17984,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.06367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542CA4

secondary

#A4C06B

accent

#E147AE

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542CA4

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

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