#542E87#542E87

#542E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.142 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E87
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 65.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, 36.78, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 57.00, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% 0.0701 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.142 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0052, 5.5880, 23.5211)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.44

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E87 #61872E

analogous

#2E3487 #542E87 #802E87

triadic

#542E87 #87542E #2E8754

tetradic

#542E87 #872E34 #61872E #2E8780

square

#542E87 #872E34 #61872E #2E8780

split-complementary

#542E87 #87802E #34872E

monochromatic

#1B0F2C #381E59 #542E87 #703EB5 #9065CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#542E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#542E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E87

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E87	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#034285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.142 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869ab',
    500: '#542e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e87;
$custom-light: #8869ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.618,
    "s": 49.171,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39824,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E87

secondary

#8EB160

accent

#D94F9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E87

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

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