#C74AE8#C74AE8

#C74AE8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.241 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74AE8
RGB	rgb(199, 74, 232)
HSL	hsl(287, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 68.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, 70.69, -57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 90.88, 321.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.1807 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.241 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5655, 22.8677, 78.6054)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74AE8 #6BE84A

analogous

#784AE8 #C74AE8 #E84ABA

triadic

#C74AE8 #E8C74A #4AE8C7

tetradic

#C74AE8 #E8784A #6BE84A #4ABAE8

square

#C74AE8 #E8784A #6BE84A #4ABAE8

split-complementary

#C74AE8 #BAE84A #4AE878

monochromatic

#8515A3 #B21CD9 #C74AE8 #D880EF #E9B7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C74AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C74AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74AE8

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74AE8	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5288E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 74, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.241 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc86f0',
    500: '#c74ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74ae8;
$custom-light: #dc86f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.468,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6424,
    "c": 0.24142,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74AE8

secondary

#B5E5A8

accent

#F4345C

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#847D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74AE8

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

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