#542FA9#542FA9

#542FA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.182 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542FA9
RGB	rgb(84, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 45.76, -59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 75.07, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.0637 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.182 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8321, 6.7819, 38.2140)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 4.79

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542FA9 #84A92F

analogous

#2F47A9 #542FA9 #912FA9

triadic

#542FA9 #A9542F #2FA954

tetradic

#542FA9 #A92F47 #84A92F #2FA991

square

#542FA9 #A92F47 #84A92F #2FA991

split-complementary

#542FA9 #A9912F #47A92F

monochromatic

#241449 #3C2279 #542FA9 #7149CC #9679DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#542FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#542FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542FA9

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542FA9	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.182 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6bc4',
    500: '#542fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542fa9;
$custom-light: #8c6bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.197,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42804,
    "c": 0.1823,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542FA9

secondary

#AAC272

accent

#E048B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #542FA9

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

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