#C542BF#C542BF

#C542BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.216 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C542BF
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 66.15, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 77.06, 329.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% 0.1869 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.216 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3779, 19.5308, 51.2393)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C542BF #42C548

analogous

#8A42C5 #C542BF #C5427E

triadic

#C542BF #BFC542 #42BFC5

tetradic

#C542BF #C58A42 #42C548 #427EC5

square

#C542BF #C58A42 #42C548 #427EC5

split-complementary

#C542BF #7EC542 #42C58A

monochromatic

#6C2168 #9A2F96 #C542BF #D371CF #E2A0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C542BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C542BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C542BF

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C542BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C542BF	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356FC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC527B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c542bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.216 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da81d3',
    500: '#c542bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c542bf;
$custom-light: #da81d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c542bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.748,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60844,
    "c": 0.2163,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C542BF

secondary

#95CE97

accent

#DC524B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C542BF

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

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