#542E7B#542E7B

#542E7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.127 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E7B
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.49, 33.55, -37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.49, 50.25, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.0708 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.127 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2075, 5.2689, 19.3197)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E7B #557B2E

analogous

#2E2F7B #542E7B #7A2E7B

triadic

#542E7B #7B542E #2E7B54

tetradic

#542E7B #7B2E2F #557B2E #2E7B7A

square

#542E7B #7B2E2F #557B2E #2E7B7A

split-complementary

#542E7B #7B7A2E #2F7B2E

monochromatic

#170D22 #361D4E #542E7B #723FA8 #9160C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#542E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#542E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E7B

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E7B	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06407D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.127 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769a2',
    500: '#542e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e7b;
$custom-light: #8769a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.61,
    "s": 45.562,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38926,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E7B

secondary

#83AA5B

accent

#D55395

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E7B

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

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