#C042CD#C042CD

#C042CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.225 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042CD
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(294, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 67.36, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 82.53, 324.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.1818 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.225 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7049, 19.5127, 59.6841)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042CD #4FCD42

analogous

#7A42CD #C042CD #CD4295

triadic

#C042CD #CDC042 #42CDC0

tetradic

#C042CD #CD7A42 #4FCD42 #4295CD

square

#C042CD #CD7A42 #4FCD42 #4295CD

split-complementary

#C042CD #95CD42 #42CD7A

monochromatic

#6D1F76 #9A2CA6 #C042CD #D072DA #E0A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C042CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C042CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042CD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042CD	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D71D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.225 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d781dd',
    500: '#c042cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042cd;
$custom-light: #d781dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.388,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60918,
    "c": 0.22507,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042CD

secondary

#9DD397

accent

#E14655

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042CD

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

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