#C742D8#C742D8

#C742D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.237 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C742D8
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(293, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 70.81, -51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 87.41, 324.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.1894 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.237 323)
XYZ	xyz(37.8949, 20.9986, 67.0096)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C742D8 #53D842

analogous

#7C42D8 #C742D8 #D8429E

triadic

#C742D8 #D8C742 #42D8C7

tetradic

#C742D8 #D87C42 #53D842 #429ED8

square

#C742D8 #D87C42 #53D842 #429ED8

split-complementary

#C742D8 #9ED842 #42D87C

monochromatic

#781B84 #A726B7 #C742D8 #D675E2 #E5A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#C742D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#C742D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C742D8

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C742D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C742D8	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C75DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c742d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.237 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc82e5',
    500: '#c742d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c742d8;
$custom-light: #dc82e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c742d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6252,
    "c": 0.23726,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.20996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C742D8

secondary

#A3DA9C

accent

#E93F52

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C742D8

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

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