#542FA6#542FA6

#542FA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.179 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542FA6
RGB	rgb(84, 47, 166)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 71.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 44.90, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 73.46, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.0643 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.179 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5537, 6.6706, 36.7478)
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

#542FA6 #81A62F

analogous

#2F46A6 #542FA6 #902FA6

triadic

#542FA6 #A6542F #2FA654

tetradic

#542FA6 #A62F46 #81A62F #2FA690

square

#542FA6 #A62F46 #81A62F #2FA690

split-complementary

#542FA6 #A6902F #46A62F

monochromatic

#241447 #3C2176 #542FA6 #7047CB #9577D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#542FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#542FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542FA6

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542FA6	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)

#004BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 47, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.179 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6bc1',
    500: '#542fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542fa6;
$custom-light: #8c6bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.655,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42538,
    "c": 0.17873,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542FA6

secondary

#A8C170

accent

#DF49B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542FA6

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

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