#C540CE#C540CE

#C540CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.231 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C540CE
RGB	rgb(197, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(296, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 69.38, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 83.99, 325.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.1893 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.231 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9991, 19.9956, 60.3440)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C540CE #49CE40

analogous

#7E40CE #C540CE #CE4090

triadic

#C540CE #CEC540 #40CEC5

tetradic

#C540CE #CE7E40 #49CE40 #4090CE

square

#C540CE #CE7E40 #49CE40 #4090CE

split-complementary

#C540CE #90CE40 #40CE7E

monochromatic

#701E75 #9E2BA6 #C540CE #D471DA #E3A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C540CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C540CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C540CE

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C540CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C540CE	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D71D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c540ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.231 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da80dd',
    500: '#c540ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c540ce;
$custom-light: #da80dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c540ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.197,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61481,
    "c": 0.23055,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C540CE

secondary

#9AD496

accent

#E2454F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C540CE

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

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