#542E8A#542E8A

#542E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.146 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E8A
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 37.61, -45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 58.68, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0698 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.146 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2194, 5.6737, 24.6492)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E8A #648A2E

analogous

#2E368A #542E8A #822E8A

triadic

#542E8A #8A542E #2E8A54

tetradic

#542E8A #8A2E36 #648A2E #2E8A82

square

#542E8A #8A2E36 #648A2E #2E8A82

split-complementary

#542E8A #8A822E #368A2E

monochromatic

#1C0F2E #381F5C #542E8A #703DB8 #9066CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#542E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#542E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E8A

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E8A	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.146 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ad',
    500: '#542e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e8a;
$custom-light: #8969ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.783,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40059,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E8A

secondary

#91B361

accent

#DA4EA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E8A

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

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