#C42E9D#C42E9D

#C42E9D is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.214 H 340.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42E9D
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 157)
HSL	hsl(316, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(316, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 19.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 67.62, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 72.47, 338.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.2025 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.214 340.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8287, 16.1271, 33.4337)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42E9D #2EC455

analogous

#A02EC4 #C42E9D #C42E52

triadic

#C42E9D #9DC42E #2E9DC4

tetradic

#C42E9D #C4A02E #2EC455 #2E52C4

square

#C42E9D #C4A02E #2EC455 #2E52C4

split-complementary

#C42E9D #52C42E #2EC4A0

monochromatic

#61174E #922275 #C42E9D #D858B6 #E389CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#C42E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#C42E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42E9D

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42E9D	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B60A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C789A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.214 340.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da77ba',
    500: '#c42e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42e9d;
$custom-light: #da77ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57278,
    "c": 0.21436,
    "h": 340.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42E9D

secondary

#81CD95

accent

#E56D43

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF6

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A11

muted

#837C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42E9D

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

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