#C42BC7#C42BC7

#C42BC7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.246 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42BC7
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 199)
HSL	hsl(299, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(299, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 74.57, -47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 88.59, 327.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.2067 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.246 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9371, 17.5895, 55.6294)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42BC7 #2EC72B

analogous

#762BC7 #C42BC7 #C72B7C

triadic

#C42BC7 #C7C42B #2BC7C4

tetradic

#C42BC7 #C7762B #2EC72B #2B7CC7

square

#C42BC7 #C7762B #2EC72B #2B7CC7

split-complementary

#C42BC7 #7CC72B #2BC776

monochromatic

#611562 #922095 #C42BC7 #D855DA #E387E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C42BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C42BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42BC7

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42BC7	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.246 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da77d8',
    500: '#c42bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42bc7;
$custom-light: #da77d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.846,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59298,
    "c": 0.24577,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42BC7

secondary

#81CF7F

accent

#E74044

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42BC7

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

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