#542CA9#542CA9

#542CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.186 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542CA9
RGB	rgb(84, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 47.29, -60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 76.71, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.0663 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.186 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7162, 6.5503, 38.1754)
Luminance	0.0655 (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

#542CA9 #81A92C

analogous

#2C43A9 #542CA9 #932CA9

triadic

#542CA9 #A9542C #2CA954

tetradic

#542CA9 #A92C43 #81A92C #2CA993

square

#542CA9 #A92C43 #81A92C #2CA993

split-complementary

#542CA9 #A9932C #43A92C

monochromatic

#241348 #3C1F78 #542CA9 #7044CE #9574DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#542CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#542CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542CA9

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542CA9	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.186 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c4',
    500: '#542ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542ca9;
$custom-light: #8d69c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42418,
    "c": 0.18567,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542CA9

secondary

#A8C36E

accent

#E246B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #542CA9

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

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