#C042C8#C042C8

#C042C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.221 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042C8
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 66.50, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 80.43, 325.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1818 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.221 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1110, 19.2752, 56.5562)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042C8 #4AC842

analogous

#7D42C8 #C042C8 #C8428D

triadic

#C042C8 #C8C042 #42C8C0

tetradic

#C042C8 #C87D42 #4AC842 #428DC8

square

#C042C8 #C87D42 #4AC842 #428DC8

split-complementary

#C042C8 #8DC842 #42C87D

monochromatic

#6B206F #982E9F #C042C8 #D071D6 #E0A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C042C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C042C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042C8

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042C8	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2670CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.221 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d780d9',
    500: '#c042c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042c8;
$custom-light: #d780d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.418,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60632,
    "c": 0.22095,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042C8

secondary

#99D096

accent

#DE4A52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042C8

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

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