#C742D5#C742D5

#C742D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.235 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C742D5
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(294, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 70.29, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 86.15, 324.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1895 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.235 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5106, 20.8449, 64.9856)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C742D5 #50D542

analogous

#7E42D5 #C742D5 #D54299

triadic

#C742D5 #D5C742 #42D5C7

tetradic

#C742D5 #D57E42 #50D542 #4299D5

square

#C742D5 #D57E42 #50D542 #4299D5

split-complementary

#C742D5 #99D542 #42D57E

monochromatic

#771C80 #A528B2 #C742D5 #D674E0 #E5A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#C742D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#C742D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C742D5

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C742D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C742D5	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1674D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c742d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.235 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc82e2',
    500: '#c742d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c742d5;
$custom-light: #dc82e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c742d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62345,
    "c": 0.23481,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C742D5

secondary

#A0D89A

accent

#E74151

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C742D5

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

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