#542E7E#542E7E

#542E7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.131 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E7E
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 63.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.70, 34.35, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.70, 51.94, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.15% 0.0707 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(39.15% 0.131 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3982, 5.3452, 20.3239)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E7E #587E2E

analogous

#2E307E #542E7E #7C2E7E

triadic

#542E7E #7E542E #2E7E54

tetradic

#542E7E #7E2E30 #587E2E #2E7E7C

square

#542E7E #7E2E30 #587E2E #2E7E7C

split-complementary

#542E7E #7E7C2E #307E2E

monochromatic

#180D24 #361E51 #542E7E #723EAB #9161C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#542E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#542E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E7E

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E7E	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17417C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.131 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769a4',
    500: '#542e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e7e;
$custom-light: #8769a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 46.512,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39145,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E7E

secondary

#86AC5C

accent

#D65297

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E7E

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

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