#C42CC9#C42CC9

#C42CC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.246 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42CC9
RGB	rgb(196, 44, 201)
HSL	hsl(298, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 78.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 74.62, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 89.09, 326.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.2059 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.246 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2077, 17.7566, 56.8727)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42CC9 #31C92C

analogous

#752CC9 #C42CC9 #C92C7F

triadic

#C42CC9 #C9C42C #2CC9C4

tetradic

#C42CC9 #C9752C #31C92C #2C7FC9

square

#C42CC9 #C9752C #31C92C #2C7FC9

split-complementary

#C42CC9 #7FC92C #2CC975

monochromatic

#621665 #932197 #C42CC9 #D658DA #E28AE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C42CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C42CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42CC9

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42CC9	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9497B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 44, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.246 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da78da',
    500: '#c42cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42cc9;
$custom-light: #da78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.089,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59481,
    "c": 0.24638,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42CC9

secondary

#84CF82

accent

#E74146

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFB

border

#D4C9D4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42CC9

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

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