#C542CC#C542CC

#C542CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.227 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C542CC
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(297, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 68.31, -45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 82.32, 326.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.1873 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.227 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8725, 20.1287, 59.1108)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C542CC #49CC42

analogous

#8042CC #C542CC #CC428E

triadic

#C542CC #CCC542 #42CCC5

tetradic

#C542CC #CC8042 #49CC42 #428ECC

square

#C542CC #CC8042 #49CC42 #428ECC

split-complementary

#C542CC #8ECC42 #42CC80

monochromatic

#701F74 #9E2CA4 #C542CC #D472D9 #E3A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C542CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C542CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C542CC

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C542CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C542CC	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2571D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c542cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.227 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da81dc',
    500: '#c542cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c542cc;
$custom-light: #da81dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c542cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61554,
    "c": 0.2266,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C542CC

secondary

#9AD397

accent

#E1474F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C542CC

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

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