#C74AE3#C74AE3

#C74AE3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.237 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74AE3
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 227)
HSL	hsl(289, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 69.77, -54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 88.70, 321.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.1809 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.237 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8654, 22.5876, 74.9181)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74AE3 #66E34A

analogous

#7B4AE3 #C74AE3 #E34AB2

triadic

#C74AE3 #E3C74A #4AE3C7

tetradic

#C74AE3 #E37B4A #66E34A #4AB2E3

square

#C74AE3 #E37B4A #66E34A #4AB2E3

split-complementary

#C74AE3 #B2E34A #4AE37B

monochromatic

#83189B #B020D0 #C74AE3 #D77FEB #E8B4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C74AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C74AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74AE3

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74AE3	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5687DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.237 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc86ec',
    500: '#c74ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74ae3;
$custom-light: #dc86ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.02,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63938,
    "c": 0.23709,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74AE3

secondary

#B1E2A6

accent

#F0385A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74AE3

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

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