#542E7A#542E7A

#542E7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.126 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E7A
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 62.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 33.29, -36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 49.69, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0708 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.126 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1452, 5.2440, 18.9917)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E7A #547A2E

analogous

#2E2E7A #542E7A #7A2E7A

triadic

#542E7A #7A542E #2E7A54

tetradic

#542E7A #7A2E2E #547A2E #2E7A7A

square

#542E7A #7A2E2E #547A2E #2E7A7A

split-complementary

#542E7A #7A7A2E #2E7A2E

monochromatic

#170C21 #351D4E #542E7A #733FA6 #9160C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#542E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#542E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E7A

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E7A	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08407C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.126 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769a1',
    500: '#542e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e7a;
$custom-light: #8769a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38854,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E7A

secondary

#82AA5A

accent

#D55394

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E7A

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

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