#542EB7#542EB7

#542EB7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.200 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542EB7
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 183)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 74.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 50.23, -66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 83.02, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.0612 -0.1901)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.2 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1779, 7.2570, 45.4969)
Luminance	0.0726 (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

#542EB7 #91B72E

analogous

#2E4DB7 #542EB7 #982EB7

triadic

#542EB7 #B7542E #2EB754

tetradic

#542EB7 #B72E4D #91B72E #2EB798

square

#542EB7 #B72E4D #91B72E #2EB798

split-complementary

#542EB7 #B7982E #4DB72E

monochromatic

#271555 #3E2286 #542EB7 #744FD3 #9B80DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#542EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#542EB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542EB7

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542EB7	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.200 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bce',
    500: '#542eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542eb7;
$custom-light: #8f6bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.642,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43952,
    "c": 0.19973,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542EB7

secondary

#B2C879

accent

#E345B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #542EB7

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

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