#C742BE#C742BE

#C742BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.217 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C742BE
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(304, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 4.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 66.46, -38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 76.81, 329.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1889 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.217 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7955, 19.7589, 50.6864)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C742BE #42C74B

analogous

#8E42C7 #C742BE #C7427C

triadic

#C742BE #BEC742 #42BEC7

tetradic

#C742BE #C78E42 #42C74B #427CC7

square

#C742BE #C78E42 #42C74B #427CC7

split-complementary

#C742BE #7CC742 #42C78E

monochromatic

#6E2169 #9D2F96 #C742BE #D571CE #E3A0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#C742BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#C742BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C742BE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C742BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C742BE	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF517B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c742be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.217 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db81d2',
    500: '#c742be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c742be;
$custom-light: #db81d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c742be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.06,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61077,
    "c": 0.21661,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C742BE

secondary

#95D099

accent

#DE544A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C742BE

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

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