#542E94#542E94

#542E94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.158 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E94
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 148)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.35, 40.37, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.35, 64.22, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0685 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.158 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9770, 5.9767, 28.6392)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E94 #6E942E

analogous

#2E3B94 #542E94 #872E94

triadic

#542E94 #94542E #2E9454

tetradic

#542E94 #942E3B #6E942E #2E9487

square

#542E94 #942E3B #6E942E #2E9487

split-complementary

#542E94 #94872E #3B942E

monochromatic

#1F1137 #3A1F65 #542E94 #6F3DC3 #916BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#542E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#542E94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E94

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E94	1.00	9.57	2.20	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.158 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69b4',
    500: '#542e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e94;
$custom-light: #8a69b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40865,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E94

secondary

#99B866

accent

#DC4CA6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E94

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

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