#542E75#542E75

#542E75 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.120 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E75
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 117)
HSL	hsl(272, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 60.7%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 31.98, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 46.86, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% 0.0709 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.12 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8434, 5.1232, 17.4019)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E75 #4F752E

analogous

#312E75 #542E75 #752E73

triadic

#542E75 #75542E #2E7554

tetradic

#542E75 #75312E #4F752E #2E7375

square

#542E75 #75312E #4F752E #2E7375

split-complementary

#542E75 #73752E #2E7531

monochromatic

#150B1D #341D49 #542E75 #743FA1 #925EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#542E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#542E75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E75

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E75	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#113F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.120 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699d',
    500: '#542e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e75;
$custom-light: #87699d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 43.558,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38501,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E75

secondary

#7DA659

accent

#D3548F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E75

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

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