#C42BC9#C42BC9

#C42BC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.247 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42BC9
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 201)
HSL	hsl(298, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 78.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 74.89, -48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 89.38, 326.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.2066 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.247 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1708, 17.6830, 56.8604)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42BC9 #30C92B

analogous

#752BC9 #C42BC9 #C92B7F

triadic

#C42BC9 #C9C42B #2BC9C4

tetradic

#C42BC9 #C9752B #30C92B #2B7FC9

square

#C42BC9 #C9752B #30C92B #2B7FC9

split-complementary

#C42BC9 #7FC92B #2BC975

monochromatic

#621564 #932097 #C42BC9 #D756DB #E389E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C42BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C42BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42BC9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42BC9	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9487B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.247 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da77da',
    500: '#c42bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42bc9;
$custom-light: #da77da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.101,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59417,
    "c": 0.24722,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42BC9

secondary

#83CF80

accent

#E84045

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFB

border

#D4C9D4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42BC9

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

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