#542CAC#542CAC

#542CAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.189 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542CAC
RGB	rgb(84, 44, 172)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 48.13, -61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 78.30, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.0656 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.189 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0011, 6.6642, 39.6757)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#542CAC #84AC2C

analogous

#2C44AC #542CAC #942CAC

triadic

#542CAC #AC542C #2CAC54

tetradic

#542CAC #AC2C44 #84AC2C #2CAC94

square

#542CAC #AC2C44 #84AC2C #2CAC94

split-complementary

#542CAC #AC942C #44AC2C

monochromatic

#24134B #3C207B #542CAC #7146D0 #9676DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#542CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#542CAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542CAC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542CAC	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 44, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.189 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c6',
    500: '#542cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542cac;
$custom-light: #8d69c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42691,
    "c": 0.18914,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542CAC

secondary

#AAC470

accent

#E245B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #542CAC

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

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