#542E95#542E95

#542E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.160 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E95
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 149)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 69.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.43, 40.65, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.43, 64.77, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.0684 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.16 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0565, 6.0085, 29.0578)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E95 #6F952E

analogous

#2E3B95 #542E95 #872E95

triadic

#542E95 #95542E #2E9554

tetradic

#542E95 #952E3B #6F952E #2E9587

square

#542E95 #952E3B #6F952E #2E9587

split-complementary

#542E95 #95872E #3B952E

monochromatic

#1F1137 #3A2066 #542E95 #6F3DC3 #916CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#542E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#542E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E95

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E95	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.160 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ab5',
    500: '#542e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e95;
$custom-light: #8a6ab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40948,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E95

secondary

#9AB966

accent

#DC4CA7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E95

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

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