#C740D3#C740D3

#C740D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.235 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C740D3
RGB	rgb(199, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(295, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 70.67, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 86.13, 325.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.1915 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.235 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1435, 20.5143, 63.6186)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C740D3 #4CD340

analogous

#7E40D3 #C740D3 #D34096

triadic

#C740D3 #D3C740 #40D3C7

tetradic

#C740D3 #D37E40 #4CD340 #4096D3

square

#C740D3 #D37E40 #4CD340 #4096D3

split-complementary

#C740D3 #96D340 #40D37E

monochromatic

#741D7C #A328AE #C740D3 #D672DE #E4A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C740D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C740D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C740D3

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C740D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C740D3	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1573D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c740d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.235 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81e1',
    500: '#c740d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c740d3;
$custom-light: #dc81e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c740d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.102,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62047,
    "c": 0.23548,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C740D3

secondary

#9DD798

accent

#E64250

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C740D3

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

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