#542E89#542E89

#542E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.145 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E89
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 37.33, -44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 58.12, 309.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.0699 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.145 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1474, 5.6448, 24.2697)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E89 #63892E

analogous

#2E3589 #542E89 #812E89

triadic

#542E89 #89542E #2E8954

tetradic

#542E89 #892E35 #63892E #2E8981

square

#542E89 #892E35 #63892E #2E8981

split-complementary

#542E89 #89812E #35892E

monochromatic

#1C0F2D #381F5B #542E89 #703DB7 #9066CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#542E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#542E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E89

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E89	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.145 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869ac',
    500: '#542e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e89;
$custom-light: #8869ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.055,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3998,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E89

secondary

#90B260

accent

#D94F9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E89

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

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