#542E96#542E96

#542E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.161 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E96
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 69.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, 40.93, -50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 65.32, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% 0.0682 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.161 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1367, 6.0406, 29.4801)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E96 #70962E

analogous

#2E3C96 #542E96 #882E96

triadic

#542E96 #96542E #2E9654

tetradic

#542E96 #962E3C #70962E #2E9688

square

#542E96 #962E3C #70962E #2E9688

split-complementary

#542E96 #96882E #3C962E

monochromatic

#201138 #3A2067 #542E96 #6F3EC4 #926CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#542E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#542E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E96

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E96	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.161 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ab6',
    500: '#542e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e96;
$custom-light: #8a6ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.923,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41031,
    "c": 0.16074,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E96

secondary

#9BB967

accent

#DC4BA7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E96

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

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