#C42EB2#C42EB2

#C42EB2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.228 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42EB2
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 178)
HSL	hsl(307, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(307, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 70.55, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 79.64, 332.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.2044 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.228 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7781, 16.9069, 43.7005)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42EB2 #2EC440

analogous

#8B2EC4 #C42EB2 #C42E67

triadic

#C42EB2 #B2C42E #2EB2C4

tetradic

#C42EB2 #C48B2E #2EC440 #2E67C4

square

#C42EB2 #C48B2E #2EC440 #2E67C4

split-complementary

#C42EB2 #67C42E #2EC48B

monochromatic

#611758 #922285 #C42EB2 #D858C8 #E389D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C42EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C42EB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42EB2

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42EB2	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2865B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.228 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da77c9',
    500: '#c42eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42eb2;
$custom-light: #da77c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.2,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58325,
    "c": 0.22817,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42EB2

secondary

#81CD8A

accent

#E55643

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42EB2

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

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