#C042C5#C042C5

#C042C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.219 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042C5
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 65.98, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 79.18, 326.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1817 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.219 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7638, 19.1363, 54.7278)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042C5 #47C542

analogous

#7F42C5 #C042C5 #C54289

triadic

#C042C5 #C5C042 #42C5C0

tetradic

#C042C5 #C57F42 #47C542 #4289C5

square

#C042C5 #C57F42 #47C542 #4289C5

split-complementary

#C042C5 #89C542 #42C57F

monochromatic

#69216C #962F9A #C042C5 #D071D3 #DFA0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C042C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C042C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042C5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042C5	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.219 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d680d7',
    500: '#c042c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042c5;
$custom-light: #d680d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.71,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60464,
    "c": 0.21851,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042C5

secondary

#97CE95

accent

#DC4B51

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042C5

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

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