#542E6D#542E6D

#542E6D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.110 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E6D
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 109)
HSL	hsl(276, 41%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 57.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.57, 29.93, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.57, 42.35, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0706 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.11 310)
XYZ	xyz(7.3929, 4.9431, 15.0297)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E6D #476D2E

analogous

#342E6D #542E6D #6D2E66

triadic

#542E6D #6D542E #2E6D54

tetradic

#542E6D #6D342E #476D2E #2E666D

square

#542E6D #6D342E #476D2E #2E666D

split-complementary

#542E6D #666D2E #2E6D34

monochromatic

#120A17 #331C42 #542E6D #754098 #945BBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#542E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#542E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E6D

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E6D	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.110 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866897',
    500: '#542e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e6d;
$custom-light: #866897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.19,
    "s": 40.645,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37961,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.04943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E6D

secondary

#749F58

accent

#D05787

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E6D

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

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