#542FA5#542FA5

#542FA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.178 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542FA5
RGB	rgb(84, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 44.62, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 72.92, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.0645 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.178 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4623, 6.6340, 36.2666)
Luminance	0.0663 (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

#542FA5 #80A52F

analogous

#2F45A5 #542FA5 #8F2FA5

triadic

#542FA5 #A5542F #2FA554

tetradic

#542FA5 #A52F45 #80A52F #2FA58F

square

#542FA5 #A52F45 #80A52F #2FA58F

split-complementary

#542FA5 #A58F2F #45A52F

monochromatic

#241446 #3C2175 #542FA5 #7047CB #9576D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#542FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#542FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542FA5

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542FA5	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.178 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6bc1',
    500: '#542fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542fa5;
$custom-light: #8c6bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.814,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42451,
    "c": 0.17755,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542FA5

secondary

#A7C070

accent

#DF49B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542FA5

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

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