#542E81#542E81

#542E81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.135 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E81
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 129)
HSL	hsl(267, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 64.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.91, 35.16, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.91, 53.63, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% 0.0706 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.135 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5947, 5.4238, 21.3587)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E81 #5B812E

analogous

#2E3181 #542E81 #7E2E81

triadic

#542E81 #81542E #2E8154

tetradic

#542E81 #812E31 #5B812E #2E817E

square

#542E81 #812E31 #5B812E #2E817E

split-complementary

#542E81 #817E2E #31812E

monochromatic

#190E27 #371E54 #542E81 #713EAE #9062C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#542E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#542E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E81

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E81	1.00	10.07	2.08	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12417F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.135 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a6',
    500: '#542e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e81;
$custom-light: #8869a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.47,
    "s": 47.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39367,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E81

secondary

#89AE5D

accent

#D7519A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E81

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

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