#C742CE#C742CE

#C742CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.229 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C742CE
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(297, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 69.09, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 83.24, 326.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% 0.1895 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.229 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6412, 20.4971, 60.4070)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C742CE #49CE42

analogous

#8142CE #C742CE #CE428F

triadic

#C742CE #CEC742 #42CEC7

tetradic

#C742CE #CE8142 #49CE42 #428FCE

square

#C742CE #CE8142 #49CE42 #428FCE

split-complementary

#C742CE #8FCE42 #42CE81

monochromatic

#721F77 #A12BA7 #C742CE #D573DB #E4A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C742CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C742CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C742CE

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C742CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C742CE	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)

#2472D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c742ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.229 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81dd',
    500: '#c742ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c742ce;
$custom-light: #dc81dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c742ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61945,
    "c": 0.22916,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C742CE

secondary

#9BD498

accent

#E2464E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C742CE

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

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