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#542ea2 color: Royalty

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260°
100%

OKLCH

42.1%
0.175
292°
  • ≈ Indigo
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Vivid
  • Deep
  • Cool
  • violet-900
  • Black 36%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text9.17:1 · AALc -95
Black text2.29:1 · Below AALc 14

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About #542ea2

#542ea2 is a deep dark violet color. In OKLCH it has 42.1% lightness, 0.175 chroma and a hue of 292°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 9.17:1 contrast and black text 2.29:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Royalty (#5930a9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-900.

More dark violet colors

Lighter: #542ea2 mixed with white

  1. 542ea2
  2. 6245ad
  3. 715bb7
  4. 816fc1
  5. 9184cb
  6. a298d4
  7. b4acdd
  8. c6c1e6
  9. d9d5ef
  10. eceaf7

Darker: #542ea2 mixed with black

  1. 542ea2
  2. 48278c
  3. 3c1f77
  4. 311863
  5. 26124f
  6. 1b0b3c
  7. 11062a
  8. 080219
  9. 02010a
  10. 000001

Calmer: #542ea2 with less saturation

  1. 542ea2
  2. 53349a
  3. 513992
  4. 503d89
  5. 504081
  6. 4f4379
  7. 4e4670
  8. 4e4868
  9. 4d4a5f
  10. 4d4c56