#C042C9#C042C9

#C042C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.222 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042C9
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 66.67, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 80.84, 325.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.1818 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.222 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2283, 19.3221, 57.1737)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042C9 #4BC942

analogous

#7D42C9 #C042C9 #C9428F

triadic

#C042C9 #C9C042 #42C9C0

tetradic

#C042C9 #C97D42 #4BC942 #428FC9

square

#C042C9 #C97D42 #4BC942 #428FC9

split-complementary

#C042C9 #8FC942 #42C97D

monochromatic

#6B2070 #982EA0 #C042C9 #D072D7 #E0A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C042C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C042C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042C9

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042C9	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2470CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.222 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d780da',
    500: '#c042c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042c9;
$custom-light: #d780da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60689,
    "c": 0.22177,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042C9

secondary

#9AD196

accent

#DF4953

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042C9

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

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