#542EA6#542EA6

#542EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.180 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542EA6
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 45.43, -58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 74.02, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0652 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.18 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5141, 6.5915, 36.7346)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542EA6 #80A62E

analogous

#2E44A6 #542EA6 #902EA6

triadic

#542EA6 #A6542E #2EA654

tetradic

#542EA6 #A62E44 #80A62E #2EA690

square

#542EA6 #A62E44 #80A62E #2EA690

split-complementary

#542EA6 #A6902E #44A62E

monochromatic

#241346 #3C2176 #542EA6 #7046CC #9576D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#542EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#542EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542EA6

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542EA6	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.180 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6ac1',
    500: '#542ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542ea6;
$custom-light: #8c6ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42406,
    "c": 0.1799,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542EA6

secondary

#A7C16F

accent

#E048B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542EA6

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

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