#542E80#542E80

#542E80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.134 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E80
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 128)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.84, 34.89, -39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.84, 53.07, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.0706 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.134 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5285, 5.3973, 21.0104)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E80 #5A802E

analogous

#2E3180 #542E80 #7D2E80

triadic

#542E80 #80542E #2E8054

tetradic

#542E80 #802E31 #5A802E #2E807D

square

#542E80 #802E31 #5A802E #2E807D

split-complementary

#542E80 #807D2E #31802E

monochromatic

#190E26 #361E53 #542E80 #723EAD #9162C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#542E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#542E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E80

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E80	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14417E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.134 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a5',
    500: '#542e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e80;
$custom-light: #8869a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.805,
    "s": 47.126,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39293,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E80

secondary

#88AD5D

accent

#D75199

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E80

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

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