#C42ACA#C42ACA

#C42ACA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.249 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42ACA
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 202)
HSL	hsl(298, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 79.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 75.30, -49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 90.07, 326.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.2073 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.249 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2530, 17.6584, 57.4700)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42ACA #30CA2A

analogous

#742ACA #C42ACA #CA2A80

triadic

#C42ACA #CAC42A #2ACAC4

tetradic

#C42ACA #CA742A #30CA2A #2A80CA

square

#C42ACA #CA742A #30CA2A #2A80CA

split-complementary

#C42ACA #80CA2A #2ACA74

monochromatic

#621565 #931F97 #C42ACA #D755DC #E388E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C42ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#C42ACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42ACA

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42ACA	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9487B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.249 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da77db',
    500: '#c42aca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42aca;
$custom-light: #da77db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.75,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59414,
    "c": 0.24877,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42ACA

secondary

#83D080

accent

#E93F46

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFB

border

#D4C9D4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42ACA

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

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