#C042CC#C042CC

#C042CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.224 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042CC
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(295, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 67.19, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 82.11, 324.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.1818 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.224 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5846, 19.4646, 59.0504)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042CC #4ECC42

analogous

#7B42CC #C042CC #CC4293

triadic

#C042CC #CCC042 #42CCC0

tetradic

#C042CC #CC7B42 #4ECC42 #4293CC

square

#C042CC #CC7B42 #4ECC42 #4293CC

split-complementary

#C042CC #93CC42 #42CC7B

monochromatic

#6D1F74 #9A2CA4 #C042CC #D072D9 #E0A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C042CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C042CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042CC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042CC	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F70D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.224 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d781dc',
    500: '#c042cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042cc;
$custom-light: #d781dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.783,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6086,
    "c": 0.22424,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042CC

secondary

#9CD397

accent

#E14754

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042CC

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

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