#C542EC#C542EC

#C542EC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.253 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C542EC
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 236)
HSL	hsl(286, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 72%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 74.01, -61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 95.99, 320.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.1858 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.253 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1123, 21.8246, 81.4403)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C542EC #69EC42

analogous

#7042EC #C542EC #EC42BE

triadic

#C542EC #ECC542 #42ECC5

tetradic

#C542EC #EC7042 #69EC42 #42BEEC

square

#C542EC #EC7042 #69EC42 #42BEEC

split-complementary

#C542EC #BEEC42 #42EC70

monochromatic

#8210A3 #AE16DB #C542EC #D67AF2 #E7B1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#C542EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#C542EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C542EC

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C542EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C542EC	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4685E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c542ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.253 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db82f3',
    500: '#c542ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c542ec;
$custom-light: #db82f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c542ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.235,
    "s": 81.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63478,
    "c": 0.25312,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C542EC

secondary

#B3E6A4

accent

#F8305E

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#150B17

muted

#847C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C542EC

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

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