#C42BB8#C42BB8

#C42BB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.235 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42BB8
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 184)
HSL	hsl(305, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 6.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 72.26, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 82.80, 330.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.207 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.235 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2806, 16.9269, 46.9052)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42BB8 #2BC437

analogous

#842BC4 #C42BB8 #C42B6C

triadic

#C42BB8 #B8C42B #2BB8C4

tetradic

#C42BB8 #C4842B #2BC437 #2B6CC4

square

#C42BB8 #C4842B #2BC437 #2B6CC4

split-complementary

#C42BB8 #6CC42B #2BC484

monochromatic

#60155A #922089 #C42BB8 #D953CF #E485DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C42BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C42BB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42BB8

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42BB8	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C65BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.235 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da77ce',
    500: '#c42bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42bb8;
$custom-light: #da77ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.706,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58444,
    "c": 0.23506,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42BB8

secondary

#7DCE84

accent

#E74E41

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42BB8

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

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