#C042BE#C042BE

#C042BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.213 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042BE
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(301, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(301, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 64.80, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 76.31, 328.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.1815 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.213 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9803, 18.8229, 50.6013)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042BE #42C044

analogous

#8342C0 #C042BE #C0427F

triadic

#C042BE #BEC042 #42BEC0

tetradic

#C042BE #C08342 #42C044 #427FC0

square

#C042BE #C08342 #42C044 #427FC0

split-complementary

#C042BE #7FC042 #42C083

monochromatic

#662265 #943192 #C042BE #CF70CE #DF9EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C042BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C042BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042BE

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042BE	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#326DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6527B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.213 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d2',
    500: '#c042be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042be;
$custom-light: #d680d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.952,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60081,
    "c": 0.21287,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042BE

secondary

#93CB94

accent

#DA504E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042BE

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

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