#542CA6#542CA6

#542CA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.182 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542CA6
RGB	rgb(84, 44, 166)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 46.45, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 75.12, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.067 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.182 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4378, 6.4389, 36.7092)
Luminance	0.0644 (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

#542CA6 #7EA62C

analogous

#2C41A6 #542CA6 #912CA6

triadic

#542CA6 #A6542C #2CA654

tetradic

#542CA6 #A62C41 #7EA62C #2CA691

square

#542CA6 #A62C41 #7EA62C #2CA691

split-complementary

#542CA6 #A6912C #41A62C

monochromatic

#231245 #3C1F76 #542CA6 #7042CD #9473DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#542CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#542CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542CA6

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542CA6	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 44, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.182 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69c1',
    500: '#542ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542ca6;
$custom-light: #8c69c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.672,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42148,
    "c": 0.18218,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542CA6

secondary

#A5C16D

accent

#E146AF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542CA6

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

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