#542E83#542E83

#542E83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.137 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E83
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 131)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 64.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 35.70, -41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 54.76, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.0704 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.137 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7289, 5.4774, 22.0657)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E83 #5D832E

analogous

#2E3283 #542E83 #7F2E83

triadic

#542E83 #83542E #2E8354

tetradic

#542E83 #832E32 #5D832E #2E837F

square

#542E83 #832E32 #5D832E #2E837F

split-complementary

#542E83 #837F2E #32832E

monochromatic

#1A0E28 #371E56 #542E83 #713EB0 #9063C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#542E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#542E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E83

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E83	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E4281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.137 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a8',
    500: '#542e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e83;
$custom-light: #8869a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.824,
    "s": 48.023,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39518,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E83

secondary

#8BAF5E

accent

#D8509B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E83

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

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