#542E8E#542E8E

#542E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.151 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E8E
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 38.71, -47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 60.90, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0694 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.151 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5144, 5.7916, 26.2026)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E8E #688E2E

analogous

#2E388E #542E8E #842E8E

triadic

#542E8E #8E542E #2E8E54

tetradic

#542E8E #8E2E38 #688E2E #2E8E84

square

#542E8E #8E2E38 #688E2E #2E8E84

split-complementary

#542E8E #8E842E #388E2E

monochromatic

#1D1032 #391F60 #542E8E #6F3DBC #9168CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#542E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#542E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E8E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E8E	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.151 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969b0',
    500: '#542e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e8e;
$custom-light: #8969b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.75,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40377,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E8E

secondary

#94B563

accent

#DB4DA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E8E

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

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