#C042AC#C042AC

#C042AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.199 H 334.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042AC
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(310, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(310, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 10.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 61.92, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 69.32, 333.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1799 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.199 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1331, 18.0840, 40.8726)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042AC #42C056

analogous

#9542C0 #C042AC #C0426D

triadic

#C042AC #ACC042 #42ACC0

tetradic

#C042AC #C09542 #42C056 #426DC0

square

#C042AC #C09542 #42C056 #426DC0

split-complementary

#C042AC #6DC042 #42C095

monochromatic

#66225B #943184 #C042AC #CF70C0 #DF9ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C042AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C042AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042AC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042AC	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.199 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680c5',
    500: '#c042ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042ac;
$custom-light: #d680c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.524,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59155,
    "c": 0.19901,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042AC

secondary

#93CB9C

accent

#DA644E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042AC

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

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