#C42A7E#C42A7E

#C42A7E is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.201 H 352.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42A7E
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 126)
HSL	hsl(327, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(327, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 35.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 65.06, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 65.80, 351.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1998 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.201 352.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3606, 14.9014, 21.1701)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42A7E #2AC470

analogous

#BD2AC4 #C42A7E #C42A31

triadic

#C42A7E #7EC42A #2A7EC4

tetradic

#C42A7E #C4BD2A #2AC470 #2A31C4

square

#C42A7E #C4BD2A #2AC470 #2A31C4

split-complementary

#C42A7E #31C42A #2AC4BD

monochromatic

#5F143D #921F5E #C42A7E #DA519C #E584B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#C42A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C42A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42A7E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42A7E	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74767B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D31851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.201 352.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db74a3',
    500: '#c42a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42a7e;
$custom-light: #db74a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55681,
    "c": 0.20139,
    "h": 352.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42A7E

secondary

#7CCEA1

accent

#E88C40

background

#FEF7FA

surface

#FCEEF3

border

#D5C9CD

text

#16090F

muted

#847B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42A7E

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

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