#C42BB9#C42BB9

#C42BB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.236 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42BB9
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 185)
HSL	hsl(304, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 5.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 72.41, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 83.17, 330.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.207 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.236 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3858, 16.9690, 47.4592)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42BB9 #2BC436

analogous

#832BC4 #C42BB9 #C42B6C

triadic

#C42BB9 #B9C42B #2BB9C4

tetradic

#C42BB9 #C4832B #2BC436 #2B6CC4

square

#C42BB9 #C4832B #2BC436 #2B6CC4

split-complementary

#C42BB9 #6CC42B #2BC483

monochromatic

#60155A #92208A #C42BB9 #D953D0 #E485DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C42BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C42BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42BB9

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42BB9	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A65BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.236 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da77ce',
    500: '#c42bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42bb9;
$custom-light: #da77ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.314,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58499,
    "c": 0.23576,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42BB9

secondary

#7DCE83

accent

#E74D41

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42BB9

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

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