#C42CC7#C42CC7

#C42CC7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.245 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42CC7
RGB	rgb(196, 44, 199)
HSL	hsl(299, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 77.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 74.31, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 88.29, 327.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.206 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.245 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9739, 17.6631, 55.6417)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42CC7 #2FC72C

analogous

#772CC7 #C42CC7 #C72C7C

triadic

#C42CC7 #C7C42C #2CC7C4

tetradic

#C42CC7 #C7772C #2FC72C #2C7CC7

square

#C42CC7 #C7772C #2FC72C #2C7CC7

split-complementary

#C42CC7 #7CC72C #2CC777

monochromatic

#611663 #932195 #C42CC7 #D756DA #E389E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C42CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#C42CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42CC7

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42CC7	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA487A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 44, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.245 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da78d8',
    500: '#c42cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42cc7;
$custom-light: #da78d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.839,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59363,
    "c": 0.24492,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42CC7

secondary

#82CF80

accent

#E74144

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42CC7

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

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