#C042B2#C042B2

#C042B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.204 H 332.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042B2
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(307, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(307, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 7.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 62.85, -34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 71.58, 331.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1806 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.204 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7224, 18.3197, 43.9761)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042B2 #42C050

analogous

#8F42C0 #C042B2 #C04273

triadic

#C042B2 #B2C042 #42B2C0

tetradic

#C042B2 #C08F42 #42C050 #4273C0

square

#C042B2 #C08F42 #42C050 #4273C0

split-complementary

#C042B2 #73C042 #42C08F

monochromatic

#66225E #943189 #C042B2 #CF70C5 #DF9ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#C042B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C042B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042B2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042B2	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D6BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.204 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680c9',
    500: '#c042b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042b2;
$custom-light: #d680c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59454,
    "c": 0.20352,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042B2

secondary

#93CB99

accent

#DA5E4E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042B2

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

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