#542E52#542E52

#542E52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.077 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E52
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 82)
HSL	hsl(303, 29%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(303, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 2.4%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 23.64, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 27.82, 328.18°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0662 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.077 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1560, 4.4483, 8.5154)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E52 #2E5430

analogous

#432E54 #542E52 #542E3F

triadic

#542E52 #52542E #2E5254

tetradic

#542E52 #54432E #2E5430 #2E3F54

square

#542E52 #54432E #2E5430 #2E3F54

split-complementary

#542E52 #3F542E #2E5443

monochromatic

#140B13 #2C182B #542E52 #7C4479 #A3599F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#542E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#542E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E52

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E52	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C3853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56313C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.077 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856882',
    500: '#542e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e52;
$custom-light: #856882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.158,
    "s": 29.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3639,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E52

secondary

#58865B

accent

#C56862

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E52

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

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