#C542B2#C542B2

#C542B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.206 H 334.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C542B2
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(309, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(309, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 9.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 64.10, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 72.07, 332.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.1858 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.206 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0103, 18.9838, 44.0365)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C542B2 #42C555

analogous

#9742C5 #C542B2 #C54271

triadic

#C542B2 #B2C542 #42B2C5

tetradic

#C542B2 #C59742 #42C555 #4271C5

square

#C542B2 #C59742 #42C555 #4271C5

split-complementary

#C542B2 #71C542 #42C597

monochromatic

#6C2161 #9A2F8B #C542B2 #D371C5 #E2A0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C542B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C542B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C542B2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C542B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C542B2	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c542b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.206 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da80c9',
    500: '#c542b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c542b2;
$custom-light: #da80c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c542b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.702,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60178,
    "c": 0.20646,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C542B2

secondary

#95CE9D

accent

#DC604B

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C542B2

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

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