#C042BF#C042BF

#C042BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.214 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042BF
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 0.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 64.97, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 76.72, 327.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1815 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.214 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0900, 18.8668, 51.1789)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042BF #42C043

analogous

#8242C0 #C042BF #C04280

triadic

#C042BF #BFC042 #42BFC0

tetradic

#C042BF #C08242 #42C043 #4280C0

square

#C042BF #C08242 #42C043 #4280C0

split-complementary

#C042BF #80C042 #42C082

monochromatic

#662265 #943193 #C042BF #CF70CF #DF9EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#C042BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C042BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042BF

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042BF	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.214 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d3',
    500: '#c042bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042bf;
$custom-light: #d680d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.476,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60135,
    "c": 0.21366,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042BF

secondary

#93CB93

accent

#DA4F4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042BF

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

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