#C042E1#C042E1

#C042E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.242 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C042E1
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 70.97, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 91.16, 321.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.1809 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.242 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2752, 20.5408, 73.2209)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C042E1 #63E142

analogous

#7142E1 #C042E1 #E142B3

triadic

#C042E1 #E1C042 #42E1C0

tetradic

#C042E1 #E17142 #63E142 #42B3E1

square

#C042E1 #E17142 #63E142 #42B3E1

split-complementary

#C042E1 #B3E142 #42E171

monochromatic

#781792 #A41FC6 #C042E1 #D277E9 #E3ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C042E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#C042E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C042E1

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C042E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C042E1	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A81DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF618E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c042e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.242 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d781eb',
    500: '#c042e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c042e1;
$custom-light: #d781eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c042e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.547,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62122,
    "c": 0.24191,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C042E1

secondary

#ACE09F

accent

#EF385E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C042E1

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

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