#542E82#542E82

#542E82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.136 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E82
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 130)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 64.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 35.43, -41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 54.20, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.44% 0.0705 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(39.44% 0.136 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6615, 5.4505, 21.7105)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E82 #5C822E

analogous

#2E3282 #542E82 #7E2E82

triadic

#542E82 #82542E #2E8254

tetradic

#542E82 #822E32 #5C822E #2E827E

square

#542E82 #822E32 #5C822E #2E827E

split-complementary

#542E82 #827E2E #32822E

monochromatic

#1A0E28 #371E55 #542E82 #713EAF #9063C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#542E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#542E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E82

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E82	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#104280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.136 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a7',
    500: '#542e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e82;
$custom-light: #8869a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.143,
    "s": 47.727,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39442,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E82

secondary

#8AAE5D

accent

#D7509A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E82

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

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