#542E78#542E78

#542E78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.124 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E78
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 120)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 61.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 32.76, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 48.56, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0709 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.124 305)
XYZ	xyz(8.0226, 5.1949, 18.3457)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E78 #52782E

analogous

#2F2E78 #542E78 #782E77

triadic

#542E78 #78542E #2E7854

tetradic

#542E78 #782F2E #52782E #2E7778

square

#542E78 #782F2E #52782E #2E7778

split-complementary

#542E78 #77782E #2E782F

monochromatic

#160C20 #351D4C #542E78 #733FA4 #925FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#542E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#542E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E78

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E78	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C3F7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.124 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699f',
    500: '#542e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e78;
$custom-light: #87699f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38711,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.05195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E78

secondary

#80A85A

accent

#D45492

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E78

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

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