#C042C4#C042C4

#C042C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.218 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042C4
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(298, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 65.81, -43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 78.76, 326.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1817 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.218 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6496, 19.0906, 54.1264)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042C4 #46C442

analogous

#7F42C4 #C042C4 #C44287

triadic

#C042C4 #C4C042 #42C4C0

tetradic

#C042C4 #C47F42 #46C442 #4287C4

square

#C042C4 #C47F42 #46C442 #4287C4

split-complementary

#C042C4 #87C442 #42C47F

monochromatic

#68216A #963099 #C042C4 #D071D3 #DF9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C042C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C042C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042C4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042C4	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.218 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d6',
    500: '#c042c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042c4;
$custom-light: #d680d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60409,
    "c": 0.21769,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042C4

secondary

#96CE94

accent

#DC4C50

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042C4

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

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