#C42A9E#C42A9E

#C42A9E is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.219 H 340.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42A9E
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(315, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(315, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 19.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 68.88, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 74.05, 338.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.2061 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.219 340.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7654, 15.8634, 33.8355)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42A9E #2AC450

analogous

#9D2AC4 #C42A9E #C42A51

triadic

#C42A9E #9EC42A #2A9EC4

tetradic

#C42A9E #C49D2A #2AC450 #2A51C4

square

#C42A9E #C49D2A #2AC450 #2A51C4

split-complementary

#C42A9E #51C42A #2AC49D

monochromatic

#5F144D #921F75 #C42A9E #DA51B8 #E584CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#C42A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C42A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42A9E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42A9E	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D02F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.219 340.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da75bb',
    500: '#c42a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42a9e;
$custom-light: #da75bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 314.805,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57043,
    "c": 0.21875,
    "h": 340.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42A9E

secondary

#7CCE90

accent

#E86940

background

#FEF7FB

surface

#FCEEF6

border

#D5C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#847C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42A9E

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

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