#542E9C#542E9C

#542E9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.168 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E9C
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, 42.61, -53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 68.61, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% 0.0672 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.168 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6323, 6.2388, 32.0901)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E9C #769C2E

analogous

#2E3F9C #542E9C #8B2E9C

triadic

#542E9C #9C542E #2E9C54

tetradic

#542E9C #9C2E3F #769C2E #2E9C8B

square

#542E9C #9C2E3F #769C2E #2E9C8B

split-complementary

#542E9C #9C8B2E #3F9C2E

monochromatic

#21123D #3B206D #542E9C #6F40C7 #9370D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#542E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#542E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E9C

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E9C	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.168 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6aba',
    500: '#542e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e9c;
$custom-light: #8b6aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41536,
    "c": 0.16798,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E9C

secondary

#A0BC6A

accent

#DE4AAB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E9C

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

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