#542E88#542E88

#542E88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.144 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E88
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 136)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 66.2%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 37.06, -44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 57.56, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% 0.07 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.144 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0760, 5.6163, 23.8937)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.50

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E88 #62882E

analogous

#2E3588 #542E88 #812E88

triadic

#542E88 #88542E #2E8854

tetradic

#542E88 #882E35 #62882E #2E8881

square

#542E88 #882E35 #62882E #2E8881

split-complementary

#542E88 #88812E #35882E

monochromatic

#1C0F2D #381F5A #542E88 #703DB6 #9065CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#542E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#542E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E88

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E88	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.144 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869ab',
    500: '#542e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e88;
$custom-light: #8869ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.333,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39902,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E88

secondary

#8FB260

accent

#D94F9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E88

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

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