#C540AF#C540AF

#C540AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.207 H 335.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C540AF
RGB	rgb(197, 64, 175)
HSL	hsl(310, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(310, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 11.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 64.40, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 71.84, 333.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1877 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.207 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5976, 18.6350, 42.4292)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C540AF #40C556

analogous

#9840C5 #C540AF #C5406C

triadic

#C540AF #AFC540 #40AFC5

tetradic

#C540AF #C59840 #40C556 #406CC5

square

#C540AF #C59840 #40C556 #406CC5

split-complementary

#C540AF #6CC540 #40C598

monochromatic

#6A205E #992F88 #C540AF #D36FC3 #E29ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C540AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C540AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C540AF

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C540AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C540AF	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c540af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 64, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.207 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7fc7',
    500: '#c540af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c540af;
$custom-light: #da7fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c540af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.925,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59834,
    "c": 0.20679,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C540AF

secondary

#93CE9D

accent

#DD634B

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C540AF

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

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