#C042D9#C042D9

#C042D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.235 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042D9
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 69.50, -53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 87.67, 322.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.1814 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.235 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2093, 20.1145, 67.6074)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042D9 #5BD942

analogous

#7442D9 #C042D9 #D942A7

triadic

#C042D9 #D9C042 #42D9C0

tetradic

#C042D9 #D97442 #5BD942 #42A7D9

square

#C042D9 #D97442 #5BD942 #42A7D9

split-complementary

#C042D9 #A7D942 #42D974

monochromatic

#741B86 #A025B9 #C042D9 #D175E3 #E2A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C042D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C042D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042D9

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042D9	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5180D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.235 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d781e5',
    500: '#c042d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042d9;
$custom-light: #d781e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.066,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61629,
    "c": 0.23511,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042D9

secondary

#A6DB9C

accent

#E93E5B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042D9

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

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