#542E9B#542E9B

#542E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.167 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E9B
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 42.33, -53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 68.06, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.45% 0.0674 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(41.45% 0.167 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5479, 6.2051, 31.6459)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E9B #759B2E

analogous

#2E3F9B #542E9B #8B2E9B

triadic

#542E9B #9B542E #2E9B54

tetradic

#542E9B #9B2E3F #759B2E #2E9B8B

square

#542E9B #9B2E3F #759B2E #2E9B8B

split-complementary

#542E9B #9B8B2E #3F9B2E

monochromatic

#21123D #3A206C #542E9B #6F40C6 #926FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#542E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#542E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E9B

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E9B	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.167 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab9',
    500: '#542e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e9b;
$custom-light: #8b6ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.917,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41451,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E9B

secondary

#9FBC69

accent

#DE4AAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E9B

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

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