#C742C7#C742C7

#C742C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.224 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C742C7
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(300, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 67.92, -42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 80.38, 327.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1894 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.224 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8097, 20.1645, 56.0278)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C742C7 #42C742

analogous

#8542C7 #C742C7 #C74285

triadic

#C742C7 #C7C742 #42C7C7

tetradic

#C742C7 #C78542 #42C742 #4285C7

square

#C742C7 #C78542 #42C742 #4285C7

split-complementary

#C742C7 #85C742 #42C785

monochromatic

#6E216E #9D2F9D #C742C7 #D571D5 #E3A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C742C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C742C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C742C7

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C742C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C742C7	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E71CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c742c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.224 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d8',
    500: '#c742c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c742c7;
$custom-light: #dc81d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c742c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61557,
    "c": 0.2236,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C742C7

secondary

#95D095

accent

#DE4A4A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C742C7

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

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