#C040C9#C040C9

#C040C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.224 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C040C9
RGB	rgb(192, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 67.42, -46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 81.70, 325.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.1839 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.224 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1134, 19.0924, 57.1354)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C040C9 #49C940

analogous

#7B40C9 #C040C9 #C9408E

triadic

#C040C9 #C9C040 #40C9C0

tetradic

#C040C9 #C97B40 #49C940 #408EC9

square

#C040C9 #C97B40 #49C940 #408EC9

split-complementary

#C040C9 #8EC940 #40C97B

monochromatic

#6A1F6F #972D9F #C040C9 #D070D6 #DF9FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C040C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C040C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C040C9

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C040C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C040C9	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#206FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c040c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.224 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77fda',
    500: '#c040c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c040c9;
$custom-light: #d77fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c040c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.058,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60497,
    "c": 0.22418,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C040C9

secondary

#98D094

accent

#DF4952

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C040C9

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

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