#542F97#542F97

#542F97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.161 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542F97
RGB	rgb(84, 47, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, 40.67, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 65.28, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.067 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.161 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2571, 6.1520, 29.9192)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.68

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542F97 #72972F

analogous

#2F3E97 #542F97 #882F97

triadic

#542F97 #97542F #2F9754

tetradic

#542F97 #972F3E #72972F #2F9788

square

#542F97 #972F3E #72972F #2F9788

split-complementary

#542F97 #97882F #3E972F

monochromatic

#20123A #3A2068 #542F97 #6F40C3 #926ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#542F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#542F97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542F97

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542F97	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 47, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.161 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ab6',
    500: '#542f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542f97;
$custom-light: #8a6ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.346,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41255,
    "c": 0.16065,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542F97

secondary

#9DB968

accent

#DC4CA9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #542F97

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

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