#542EA8#542EA8

#542EA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.182 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542EA8
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 45.99, -59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 75.09, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.0648 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.182 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6990, 6.6655, 37.7083)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#542EA8 #82A82E

analogous

#2E45A8 #542EA8 #912EA8

triadic

#542EA8 #A8542E #2EA854

tetradic

#542EA8 #A82E45 #82A82E #2EA891

square

#542EA8 #A82E45 #82A82E #2EA891

split-complementary

#542EA8 #A8912E #45A82E

monochromatic

#241448 #3C2178 #542EA8 #7047CD #9677DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#542EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#542EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542EA8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542EA8	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.182 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6ac3',
    500: '#542ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542ea8;
$custom-light: #8c6ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42584,
    "c": 0.18226,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542EA8

secondary

#A8C270

accent

#E048B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #542EA8

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

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