#542E6E#542E6E

#542E6E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.111 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E6E
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 110)
HSL	hsl(276, 41%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 58.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.63, 30.19, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.63, 42.92, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.0706 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.111 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4471, 4.9647, 15.3148)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E6E #486E2E

analogous

#342E6E #542E6E #6E2E68

triadic

#542E6E #6E542E #2E6E54

tetradic

#542E6E #6E342E #486E2E #2E686E

square

#542E6E #6E342E #486E2E #2E686E

split-complementary

#542E6E #686E2E #2E6E34

monochromatic

#120A18 #331C43 #542E6E #754099 #945CBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#542E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#542E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E6E

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E6E	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27406C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.111 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866898',
    500: '#542e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e6e;
$custom-light: #866898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.625,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38027,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E6E

secondary

#759F58

accent

#D15788

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E6E

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

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