#C542D3#C542D3

#C542D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.232 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C542D3
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(294, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 69.51, -49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 85.24, 324.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.1873 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.232 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7310, 20.4721, 63.6322)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C542D3 #50D342

analogous

#7D42D3 #C542D3 #D34299

triadic

#C542D3 #D3C542 #42D3C5

tetradic

#C542D3 #D37D42 #50D342 #4299D3

square

#C542D3 #D37D42 #50D342 #4299D3

split-complementary

#C542D3 #99D342 #42D37D

monochromatic

#741D7D #A229AF #C542D3 #D474DF #E3A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C542D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C542D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C542D3

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C542D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C542D3	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1873D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C85A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c542d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.232 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da81e1',
    500: '#c542d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c542d3;
$custom-light: #da81e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c542d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.207,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61954,
    "c": 0.23228,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C542D3

secondary

#A0D79A

accent

#E54252

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C542D3

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

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