#542E97#542E97

#542E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.162 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E97
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 69.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.60, 41.21, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.60, 65.87, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.11% 0.0681 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(41.11% 0.162 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2176, 6.0729, 29.9060)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E97 #71972E

analogous

#2E3D97 #542E97 #882E97

triadic

#542E97 #97542E #2E9754

tetradic

#542E97 #972E3D #71972E #2E9788

square

#542E97 #972E3D #71972E #2E9788

split-complementary

#542E97 #97882E #3D972E

monochromatic

#201139 #3A2068 #542E97 #6F3EC4 #926DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#542E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#542E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E97

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E97	1.00	9.48	2.21	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.162 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ab6',
    500: '#542e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e97;
$custom-light: #8a6ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.714,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41114,
    "c": 0.16195,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E97

secondary

#9CBA67

accent

#DD4BA8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E97

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

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