#C042CE#C042CE

#C042CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.226 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042CE
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(294, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 67.54, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 82.95, 324.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.1818 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.226 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8260, 19.5612, 60.3219)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042CE #50CE42

analogous

#7A42CE #C042CE #CE4296

triadic

#C042CE #CEC042 #42CEC0

tetradic

#C042CE #CE7A42 #50CE42 #4296CE

square

#C042CE #CE7A42 #50CE42 #4296CE

split-complementary

#C042CE #96CE42 #42CE7A

monochromatic

#6E1F77 #9B2BA7 #C042CE #D073DB #E0A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C042CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C042CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042CE

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042CE	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B71D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.226 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d781dd',
    500: '#c042ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042ce;
$custom-light: #d781dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60976,
    "c": 0.2259,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042CE

secondary

#9ED498

accent

#E24655

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042CE

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

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