#542E7F#542E7F

#542E7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.132 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E7F
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 127)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 63.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 34.62, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 52.51, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0707 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.132 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4630, 5.3711, 20.6654)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E7F #597F2E

analogous

#2E317F #542E7F #7D2E7F

triadic

#542E7F #7F542E #2E7F54

tetradic

#542E7F #7F2E31 #597F2E #2E7F7D

square

#542E7F #7F2E31 #597F2E #2E7F7D

split-complementary

#542E7F #7F7D2E #317F2E

monochromatic

#190D25 #361E52 #542E7F #723EAC #9161C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#542E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#542E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E7F

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E7F	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15417D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.132 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769a5',
    500: '#542e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e7f;
$custom-light: #8769a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.148,
    "s": 46.821,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39218,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E7F

secondary

#87AD5C

accent

#D65198

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E7F

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

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