#C42AC9#C42AC9

#C42AC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.248 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42AC9
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 201)
HSL	hsl(298, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 75.14, -48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 89.67, 326.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.2074 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.248 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1349, 17.6112, 56.8484)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42AC9 #2FC92A

analogous

#742AC9 #C42AC9 #C92A7F

triadic

#C42AC9 #C9C42A #2AC9C4

tetradic

#C42AC9 #C9742A #2FC92A #2A7FC9

square

#C42AC9 #C9742A #2FC92A #2A7FC9

split-complementary

#C42AC9 #7FC92A #2AC974

monochromatic

#611564 #931F96 #C42AC9 #D755DB #E387E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#C42AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C42AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42AC9

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42AC9	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9487A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.248 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da77da',
    500: '#c42ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42ac9;
$custom-light: #da77da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.113,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59354,
    "c": 0.24804,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42AC9

secondary

#82D07F

accent

#E83F45

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFB

border

#D4C9D4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42AC9

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

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