#542E9A#542E9A

#542E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.166 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E9A
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 42.05, -52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 67.52, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.37% 0.0676 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(41.37% 0.166 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4643, 6.1716, 31.2055)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.34

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E9A #749A2E

analogous

#2E3E9A #542E9A #8A2E9A

triadic

#542E9A #9A542E #2E9A54

tetradic

#542E9A #9A2E3E #749A2E #2E9A8A

square

#542E9A #9A2E3E #749A2E #2E9A8A

split-complementary

#542E9A #9A8A2E #3E9A2E

monochromatic

#21123C #3A206B #542E9A #6F3FC6 #926FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#542E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#542E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E9A

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E9A	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.166 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ab9',
    500: '#542e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e9a;
$custom-light: #8a6ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41366,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E9A

secondary

#9EBB69

accent

#DD4AAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E9A

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

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