#C742EC#C742EC

#C742EC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.254 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C742EC
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 236)
HSL	hsl(287, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 72%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, 74.40, -60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 95.99, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1881 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.254 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6396, 22.0965, 81.4650)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C742EC #67EC42

analogous

#7242EC #C742EC #EC42BC

triadic

#C742EC #ECC742 #42ECC7

tetradic

#C742EC #EC7242 #67EC42 #42BCEC

square

#C742EC #EC7242 #67EC42 #42BCEC

split-complementary

#C742EC #BCEC42 #42EC72

monochromatic

#8310A3 #B016DB #C742EC #D77AF2 #E8B1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#C742EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#C742EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C742EC

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C742EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C742EC	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4885E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c742ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.254 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc82f3',
    500: '#c742ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c742ec;
$custom-light: #dc82f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c742ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.941,
    "s": 81.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63741,
    "c": 0.25385,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C742EC

secondary

#B2E6A4

accent

#F8305B

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C17

muted

#847D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C742EC

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

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