#C42DC9#C42DC9

#C42DC9 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 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42DC9
RGB	rgb(196, 45, 201)
HSL	hsl(298, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 77.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 74.36, -48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 88.78, 326.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.2052 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.246 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2454, 17.8320, 56.8852)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42DC9 #32C92D

analogous

#762DC9 #C42DC9 #C92D80

triadic

#C42DC9 #C9C42D #2DC9C4

tetradic

#C42DC9 #C9762D #32C92D #2D80C9

square

#C42DC9 #C9762D #32C92D #2D80C9

split-complementary

#C42DC9 #80C92D #2DC976

monochromatic

#621765 #932297 #C42DC9 #D659DA #E28BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C42DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C42DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42DC9

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42DC9	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9497B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 45, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.246 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da78da',
    500: '#c42dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42dc9;
$custom-light: #da78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.077,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59546,
    "c": 0.24552,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42DC9

secondary

#85CF83

accent

#E64147

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFB

border

#D4C9D4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42DC9

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

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