#542E56#542E56

#542E56 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.082 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E56
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 86)
HSL	hsl(297, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(297, 47%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 46.5%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.29, 24.50, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.29, 29.82, 325.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% 0.0672 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.082 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3127, 4.5110, 9.3405)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E56 #30562E

analogous

#402E56 #542E56 #562E44

triadic

#542E56 #56542E #2E5654

tetradic

#542E56 #56402E #30562E #2E4456

square

#542E56 #56402E #30562E #2E4456

split-complementary

#542E56 #44562E #2E5640

monochromatic

#130B14 #2D192E #542E56 #7B437E #A259A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#542E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#542E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E56

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E56	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A3957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.082 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856885',
    500: '#542e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e56;
$custom-light: #856885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 30.303,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36597,
    "c": 0.08179,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E56

secondary

#5B8858

accent

#C76166

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E56

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

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