#C540D4#C540D4

#C540D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.235 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C540D4
RGB	rgb(197, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(294, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 70.41, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 86.49, 324.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.1892 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.235 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7419, 20.2928, 64.2562)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C540D4 #4FD440

analogous

#7B40D4 #C540D4 #D44099

triadic

#C540D4 #D4C540 #40D4C5

tetradic

#C540D4 #D47B40 #4FD440 #4099D4

square

#C540D4 #D47B40 #4FD440 #4099D4

split-complementary

#C540D4 #99D440 #40D47B

monochromatic

#741C7D #A227AF #C540D4 #D472DF #E3A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C540D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C540D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C540D4

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C540D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C540D4	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D72D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C85A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c540d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.235 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da80e2',
    500: '#c540d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c540d4;
$custom-light: #da80e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c540d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.919,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61828,
    "c": 0.2354,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C540D4

secondary

#9FD798

accent

#E64252

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C540D4

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

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