#542E8B#542E8B

#542E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.147 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E8B
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 37.88, -45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 59.23, 309.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0697 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.147 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2922, 5.7028, 25.0323)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E8B #658B2E

analogous

#2E378B #542E8B #832E8B

triadic

#542E8B #8B542E #2E8B54

tetradic

#542E8B #8B2E37 #658B2E #2E8B83

square

#542E8B #8B2E37 #658B2E #2E8B83

split-complementary

#542E8B #8B832E #378B2E

monochromatic

#1C102F #381F5D #542E8B #703DB9 #9067CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#542E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#542E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E8B

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E8B	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.147 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ae',
    500: '#542e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e8b;
$custom-light: #8969ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.516,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40138,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E8B

secondary

#92B361

accent

#DA4EA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E8B

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

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