#C42E9E#C42E9E

#C42E9E is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.215 H 340.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42E9E
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(315, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(315, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 19.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 67.76, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 72.79, 338.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.2026 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.215 340.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9144, 16.1614, 33.8852)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42E9E #2EC454

analogous

#9F2EC4 #C42E9E #C42E53

triadic

#C42E9E #9EC42E #2E9EC4

tetradic

#C42E9E #C49F2E #2EC454 #2E53C4

square

#C42E9E #C49F2E #2EC454 #2E53C4

split-complementary

#C42E9E #53C42E #2EC49F

monochromatic

#61174E #922276 #C42E9E #D858B7 #E389CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#C42E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#C42E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42E9E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42E9E	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A61A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B789B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.215 340.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da77bb',
    500: '#c42e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42e9e;
$custom-light: #da77bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.2,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57325,
    "c": 0.21497,
    "h": 340.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42E9E

secondary

#81CD94

accent

#E56C43

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF6

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42E9E

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

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