#542E7D#542E7D

#542E7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.130 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E7D
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 63.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 34.09, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 51.38, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.0708 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.13 303)
XYZ	xyz(8.3340, 5.3195, 19.9858)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E7D #577D2E

analogous

#2E2F7D #542E7D #7B2E7D

triadic

#542E7D #7D542E #2E7D54

tetradic

#542E7D #7D2E2F #577D2E #2E7D7B

square

#542E7D #7D2E2F #577D2E #2E7D7B

split-complementary

#542E7D #7D7B2E #2F7D2E

monochromatic

#180D24 #361E50 #542E7D #723EAA #9161C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#542E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#542E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E7D

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E7D	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#014080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18417B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.130 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769a3',
    500: '#542e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e7d;
$custom-light: #8769a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.861,
    "s": 46.199,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39071,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.05319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E7D

secondary

#85AB5B

accent

#D65296

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E7D

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

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