#C742E2#C742E2

#C742E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.245 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C742E2
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(290, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 72.58, -55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 91.67, 322.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.1889 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.246 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2272, 21.5315, 74.0265)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C742E2 #5DE242

analogous

#7742E2 #C742E2 #E242AD

triadic

#C742E2 #E2C742 #42E2C7

tetradic

#C742E2 #E27742 #5DE242 #42ADE2

square

#C742E2 #E27742 #5DE242 #42ADE2

split-complementary

#C742E2 #ADE242 #42E277

monochromatic

#7E1793 #AC1FC8 #C742E2 #D777EA #E6ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#C742E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#C742E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C742E2

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C742E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C742E2	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8608E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c742e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.245 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc82ec',
    500: '#c742e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c742e2;
$custom-light: #dc82ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c742e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63119,
    "c": 0.2455,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C742E2

secondary

#AAE09F

accent

#F03857

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160B16

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C742E2

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

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