#542E77#542E77

#542E77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.122 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E77
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 119)
HSL	hsl(271, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 61.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.22, 32.50, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.22, 47.99, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0709 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.122 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9622, 5.1708, 18.0278)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E77 #51772E

analogous

#302E77 #542E77 #772E75

triadic

#542E77 #77542E #2E7754

tetradic

#542E77 #77302E #51772E #2E7577

square

#542E77 #77302E #51772E #2E7577

split-complementary

#542E77 #75772E #2E7730

monochromatic

#160C1F #351D4B #542E77 #733FA3 #925EC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#542E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#542E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E77

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E77	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E3F79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.122 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699f',
    500: '#542e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e77;
$custom-light: #87699f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.233,
    "s": 44.242,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38641,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E77

secondary

#7FA859

accent

#D45491

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E77

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

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