#542E7C#542E7C

#542E7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.129 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E7C
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 124)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 62.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.56, 33.82, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.56, 50.82, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39% 0.0708 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(39% 0.129 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2704, 5.2941, 19.6510)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E7C #567C2E

analogous

#2E2F7C #542E7C #7B2E7C

triadic

#542E7C #7C542E #2E7C54

tetradic

#542E7C #7C2E2F #567C2E #2E7C7B

square

#542E7C #7C2E2F #567C2E #2E7C7B

split-complementary

#542E7C #7C7B2E #2F7C2E

monochromatic

#180D23 #361D4F #542E7C #723FA9 #9160C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#542E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#542E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E7C

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E7C	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03407E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A417A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.129 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769a2',
    500: '#542e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e7c;
$custom-light: #8769a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38998,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E7C

secondary

#84AB5B

accent

#D65296

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E7C

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

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