#C740C8#C740C8

#C740C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.227 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C740C8
RGB	rgb(199, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(300, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 68.82, -43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 81.62, 327.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.1915 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.227 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8114, 19.9815, 56.6030)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C740C8 #41C840

analogous

#8340C8 #C740C8 #C84085

triadic

#C740C8 #C8C740 #40C8C7

tetradic

#C740C8 #C88340 #41C840 #4085C8

square

#C740C8 #C88340 #41C840 #4085C8

split-complementary

#C740C8 #85C840 #40C883

monochromatic

#6D206E #9D2D9D #C740C8 #D570D6 #E39FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C740C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C740C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C740C8

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C740C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C740C8	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2970CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD547F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c740c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.227 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc80d9',
    500: '#c740c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c740c8;
$custom-light: #dc80d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c740c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.559,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61425,
    "c": 0.22676,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C740C8

secondary

#95D094

accent

#DF494A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C740C8

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

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