#542E8D#542E8D

#542E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.150 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E8D
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 38.43, -46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 60.35, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0695 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.15 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4396, 5.7617, 25.8089)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E8D #678D2E

analogous

#2E388D #542E8D #842E8D

triadic

#542E8D #8D542E #2E8D54

tetradic

#542E8D #8D2E38 #678D2E #2E8D84

square

#542E8D #8D2E38 #678D2E #2E8D84

split-complementary

#542E8D #8D842E #388D2E

monochromatic

#1D1031 #391F5F #542E8D #6F3DBB #9168CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#542E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#542E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E8D

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E8D	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.150 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969af',
    500: '#542e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e8d;
$custom-light: #8969af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40297,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E8D

secondary

#94B562

accent

#DA4EA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E8D

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

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