#C042C3#C042C3

#C042C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.217 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042C3
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(299, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 65.64, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 78.35, 326.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1817 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.217 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5362, 19.0452, 53.5289)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042C3 #45C342

analogous

#7F42C3 #C042C3 #C34285

triadic

#C042C3 #C3C042 #42C3C0

tetradic

#C042C3 #C37F42 #45C342 #4285C3

square

#C042C3 #C37F42 #45C342 #4285C3

split-complementary

#C042C3 #85C342 #42C37F

monochromatic

#682169 #953098 #C042C3 #CF70D2 #DF9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C042C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#C042C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042C3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042C3	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.217 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d5',
    500: '#c042c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042c3;
$custom-light: #d680d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.605,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60353,
    "c": 0.21689,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042C3

secondary

#95CD94

accent

#DB4D50

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042C3

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

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