#542E71#542E71

#542E71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.115 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E71
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 113)
HSL	hsl(274, 42%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 59.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 30.95, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 44.61, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% 0.0708 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.115 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6132, 5.0312, 16.1896)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E71 #4B712E

analogous

#322E71 #542E71 #712E6C

triadic

#542E71 #71542E #2E7154

tetradic

#542E71 #71322E #4B712E #2E6C71

square

#542E71 #71322E #4B712E #2E6C71

split-complementary

#542E71 #6C712E #2E7132

monochromatic

#130B1A #341C46 #542E71 #74409C #935DBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#542E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#542E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E71

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E71	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173E73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25406F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.115 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86689a',
    500: '#542e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e71;
$custom-light: #86689a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.03,
    "s": 42.138,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38227,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E71

secondary

#78A258

accent

#D2568C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E71

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

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