#C742CD#C742CD

#C742CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.228 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C742CD
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(297, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 68.92, -45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 82.83, 326.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.1895 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.228 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5201, 20.4487, 59.7692)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C742CD #48CD42

analogous

#8142CD #C742CD #CD428D

triadic

#C742CD #CDC742 #42CDC7

tetradic

#C742CD #CD8142 #48CD42 #428DCD

square

#C742CD #CD8142 #48CD42 #428DCD

split-complementary

#C742CD #8DCD42 #42CD81

monochromatic

#721F76 #A12CA6 #C742CD #D572DA #E4A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C742CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C742CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C742CD

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C742CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C742CD	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2672D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c742cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.228 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81dd',
    500: '#c742cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c742cd;
$custom-light: #dc81dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c742cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.41,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61889,
    "c": 0.22836,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C742CD

secondary

#9AD397

accent

#E1464D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C742CD

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

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