#C542CA#C542CA

#C542CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.225 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C542CA
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(298, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(298, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 67.97, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 81.50, 326.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.1873 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.225 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6342, 20.0333, 57.8556)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C542CA #47CA42

analogous

#8142CA #C542CA #CA428B

triadic

#C542CA #CAC542 #42CAC5

tetradic

#C542CA #CA8142 #47CA42 #428BCA

square

#C542CA #CA8142 #47CA42 #428BCA

split-complementary

#C542CA #8BCA42 #42CA81

monochromatic

#6F2072 #9D2DA2 #C542CA #D472D7 #E2A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C542CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C542CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C542CA

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C542CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C542CA	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2871CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c542ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.225 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da81db',
    500: '#c542ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c542ca;
$custom-light: #da81db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c542ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61442,
    "c": 0.225,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C542CA

secondary

#99D196

accent

#DF484E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C542CA

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

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