#C542D5#C542D5

#C542D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.234 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C542D5
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(293, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, 69.86, -50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 86.08, 324.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.1872 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.234 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9833, 20.5730, 64.9609)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C542D5 #52D542

analogous

#7B42D5 #C542D5 #D5429C

triadic

#C542D5 #D5C542 #42D5C5

tetradic

#C542D5 #D57B42 #52D542 #429CD5

square

#C542D5 #D57B42 #52D542 #429CD5

split-complementary

#C542D5 #9CD542 #42D57B

monochromatic

#751C80 #A328B2 #C542D5 #D474E0 #E4A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C542D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#C542D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C542D5

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C542D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C542D5	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1273D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C85B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c542d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.234 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da81e2',
    500: '#c542d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c542d5;
$custom-light: #da81e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c542d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.469,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6207,
    "c": 0.23392,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C542D5

secondary

#A1D89A

accent

#E74153

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C542D5

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

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