#C542C7#C542C7

#C542C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.223 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C542C7
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(299, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 67.47, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 80.27, 327.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1872 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.223 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2824, 19.8926, 56.0031)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C542C7 #44C742

analogous

#8342C7 #C542C7 #C74286

triadic

#C542C7 #C7C542 #42C7C5

tetradic

#C542C7 #C78342 #44C742 #4286C7

square

#C542C7 #C78342 #44C742 #4286C7

split-complementary

#C542C7 #86C742 #42C783

monochromatic

#6D216E #9C2F9D #C542C7 #D371D5 #E2A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#C542C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#C542C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C542C7

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C542C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C542C7	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C70CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c542c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.223 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da81d8',
    500: '#c542c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c542c7;
$custom-light: #da81d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c542c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.098,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61275,
    "c": 0.2226,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C542C7

secondary

#96D095

accent

#DE4A4C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C542C7

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

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