#C542D9#C542D9

#C542D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.237 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C542D9
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(292, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(292, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 70.56, -52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 87.78, 323.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.1871 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.237 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4972, 20.7786, 67.6678)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C542D9 #56D942

analogous

#7942D9 #C542D9 #D942A1

triadic

#C542D9 #D9C542 #42D9C5

tetradic

#C542D9 #D97942 #56D942 #42A1D9

square

#C542D9 #D97942 #56D942 #42A1D9

split-complementary

#C542D9 #A1D942 #42D979

monochromatic

#781B86 #A525B9 #C542D9 #D575E3 #E4A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#C542D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#C542D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C542D9

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C542D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C542D9	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0174DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5683D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C75D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c542d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.237 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da82e5',
    500: '#c542d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c542d9;
$custom-light: #da82e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c542d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.053,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62306,
    "c": 0.23722,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C542D9

secondary

#A4DB9C

accent

#E93E55

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C542D9

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

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