#542E86#542E86

#542E86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.141 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E86
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 36.51, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 56.44, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.75% 0.0702 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(39.75% 0.141 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9352, 5.5600, 23.1521)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E86 #60862E

analogous

#2E3486 #542E86 #802E86

triadic

#542E86 #86542E #2E8654

tetradic

#542E86 #862E34 #60862E #2E8680

square

#542E86 #862E34 #60862E #2E8680

split-complementary

#542E86 #86802E #34862E

monochromatic

#1B0F2B #371E58 #542E86 #713EB4 #9064CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#542E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#542E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E86

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E86	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#064284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.141 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869aa',
    500: '#542e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e86;
$custom-light: #8869aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39747,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E86

secondary

#8DB15F

accent

#D84F9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E86

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

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