#542E85#542E85

#542E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.140 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E85
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 36.24, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 55.88, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.0703 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.14 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8658, 5.5322, 22.7865)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E85 #5F852E

analogous

#2E3485 #542E85 #7F2E85

triadic

#542E85 #85542E #2E8554

tetradic

#542E85 #852E34 #5F852E #2E857F

square

#542E85 #852E34 #5F852E #2E857F

split-complementary

#542E85 #857F2E #34852E

monochromatic

#1B0F2A #371E58 #542E85 #713EB2 #9064C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#542E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#542E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E85

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E85	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#094283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.140 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a9',
    500: '#542e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e85;
$custom-light: #8869a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.207,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3967,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E85

secondary

#8DB05F

accent

#D8509D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E85

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

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