#542E73#542E73

#542E73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.117 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E73
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 115)
HSL	hsl(273, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 60%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.95, 31.46, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.95, 45.73, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0708 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.117 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7270, 5.0767, 16.7892)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E73 #4D732E

analogous

#322E73 #542E73 #732E70

triadic

#542E73 #73542E #2E7354

tetradic

#542E73 #73322E #4D732E #2E7073

square

#542E73 #73322E #4D732E #2E7073

split-complementary

#542E73 #70732E #2E7332

monochromatic

#140B1C #341D47 #542E73 #743F9F #935DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#542E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#542E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E73

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E73	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.117 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86689c',
    500: '#542e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e73;
$custom-light: #86689c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.043,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38363,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E73

secondary

#7BA458

accent

#D3558E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E73

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

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