#C540D9#C540D9

#C540D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.239 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C540D9
RGB	rgb(197, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(292, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 71.28, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 88.60, 323.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.1891 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.239 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3824, 20.5490, 67.6295)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C540D9 #54D940

analogous

#7940D9 #C540D9 #D940A0

triadic

#C540D9 #D9C540 #40D9C5

tetradic

#C540D9 #D97940 #54D940 #40A0D9

square

#C540D9 #D97940 #54D940 #40A0D9

split-complementary

#C540D9 #A0D940 #40D979

monochromatic

#761A84 #A424B7 #C540D9 #D573E3 #E4A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C540D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#C540D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C540D9

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C540D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C540D9	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C75C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c540d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.239 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db81e5',
    500: '#c540d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c540d9;
$custom-light: #db81e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c540d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.157,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62124,
    "c": 0.23947,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C540D9

secondary

#A3DA9A

accent

#EA3E55

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C540D9

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

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