#C542BE#C542BE

#C542BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.216 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C542BE
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 65.99, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 76.66, 329.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.1868 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.216 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2682, 19.4870, 50.6617)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C542BE #42C549

analogous

#8B42C5 #C542BE #C5427D

triadic

#C542BE #BEC542 #42BEC5

tetradic

#C542BE #C58B42 #42C549 #427DC5

square

#C542BE #C58B42 #42C549 #427DC5

split-complementary

#C542BE #7DC542 #42C58B

monochromatic

#6C2168 #9A2F95 #C542BE #D371CE #E2A0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C542BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C542BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C542BE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C542BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C542BE	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#366FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC517B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c542be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.216 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da81d2',
    500: '#c542be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c542be;
$custom-light: #da81d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c542be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.206,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60791,
    "c": 0.21553,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C542BE

secondary

#95CE98

accent

#DC534B

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C542BE

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

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