#542E90#542E90

#542E90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.153 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E90
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 144)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 68.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 39.26, -48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 62.01, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0691 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.153 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6659, 5.8522, 27.0005)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E90 #6A902E

analogous

#2E3990 #542E90 #852E90

triadic

#542E90 #90542E #2E9054

tetradic

#542E90 #902E39 #6A902E #2E9085

square

#542E90 #902E39 #6A902E #2E9085

split-complementary

#542E90 #90852E #39902E

monochromatic

#1E1033 #391F62 #542E90 #6F3DBE #9169CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#542E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#542E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E90

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E90	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.153 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969b1',
    500: '#542e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e90;
$custom-light: #8969b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.265,
    "s": 51.579,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40538,
    "c": 0.15343,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E90

secondary

#96B664

accent

#DB4DA4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E90

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

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