#C42B99#C42B99

#C42B99 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.215 H 342.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42B99
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(317, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(317, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 21.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 67.95, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 72.21, 340.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.2045 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.215 342.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3797, 15.7665, 31.6268)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42B99 #2BC456

analogous

#A32BC4 #C42B99 #C42B4C

triadic

#C42B99 #99C42B #2B99C4

tetradic

#C42B99 #C4A32B #2BC456 #2B4CC4

square

#C42B99 #C4A32B #2BC456 #2B4CC4

split-complementary

#C42B99 #4CC42B #2BC4A3

monochromatic

#60154B #922072 #C42B99 #D953B4 #E485CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C42B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C42B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42B99

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42B99	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B5F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.215 342.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da75b7',
    500: '#c42b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42b99;
$custom-light: #da75b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.863,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56878,
    "c": 0.21479,
    "h": 342.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42B99

secondary

#7DCE94

accent

#E76F41

background

#FEF7FB

surface

#FCEEF6

border

#D5C9D0

text

#150A11

muted

#847C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42B99

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

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