#C042B5#C042B5

#C042B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.206 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042B5
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 181)
HSL	hsl(305, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 5.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 63.33, -35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 72.74, 330.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1809 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.206 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0269, 18.4415, 45.5798)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042B5 #42C04D

analogous

#8C42C0 #C042B5 #C04276

triadic

#C042B5 #B5C042 #42B5C0

tetradic

#C042B5 #C08C42 #42C04D #4276C0

square

#C042B5 #C08C42 #42C04D #4276C0

split-complementary

#C042B5 #76C042 #42C08C

monochromatic

#662260 #94318B #C042B5 #CF70C7 #DF9ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C042B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C042B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042B5

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042B5	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.206 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680cb',
    500: '#c042b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042b5;
$custom-light: #d680cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.238,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59607,
    "c": 0.20581,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042B5

secondary

#93CB98

accent

#DA5A4E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042B5

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

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