#542FA7#542FA7

#542FA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.180 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542FA7
RGB	rgb(84, 47, 167)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 45.19, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 74.00, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% 0.0641 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.18 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6457, 6.7074, 37.2328)
Luminance	0.0671 (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

#542FA7 #82A72F

analogous

#2F46A7 #542FA7 #902FA7

triadic

#542FA7 #A7542F #2FA754

tetradic

#542FA7 #A72F46 #82A72F #2FA790

square

#542FA7 #A72F46 #82A72F #2FA790

split-complementary

#542FA7 #A7902F #46A72F

monochromatic

#241447 #3C2277 #542FA7 #7048CB #9678D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#542FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#542FA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542FA7

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542FA7	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 47, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.180 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6bc2',
    500: '#542fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542fa7;
$custom-light: #8c6bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42626,
    "c": 0.17992,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542FA7

secondary

#A8C171

accent

#DF48B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #542FA7

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

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