#C42E9F#C42E9F

#C42E9F is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.216 H 340.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42E9F
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(315, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(315, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 18.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 67.89, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 73.11, 338.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.2028 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.216 340.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0008, 16.1960, 34.3403)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42E9F #2EC453

analogous

#9E2EC4 #C42E9F #C42E54

triadic

#C42E9F #9FC42E #2E9FC4

tetradic

#C42E9F #C49E2E #2EC453 #2E54C4

square

#C42E9F #C49E2E #2EC453 #2E54C4

split-complementary

#C42E9F #54C42E #2EC49E

monochromatic

#61174F #922277 #C42E9F #D858B8 #E389CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C42E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C42E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42E9F

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42E9F	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A61A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B789C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.216 340.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da77bb',
    500: '#c42e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42e9f;
$custom-light: #da77bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 314.8,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57372,
    "c": 0.2156,
    "h": 340.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42E9F

secondary

#81CD94

accent

#E56B43

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF6

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42E9F

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

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