#C42EB4#C42EB4

#C42EB4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.230 H 333.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42EB4
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 180)
HSL	hsl(306, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 8.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 70.85, -37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 80.37, 331.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.2045 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.23 333)
XYZ	xyz(31.9804, 16.9878, 44.7658)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42EB4 #2EC43E

analogous

#892EC4 #C42EB4 #C42E69

triadic

#C42EB4 #B4C42E #2EB4C4

tetradic

#C42EB4 #C4892E #2EC43E #2E69C4

square

#C42EB4 #C4892E #2EC43E #2E69C4

split-complementary

#C42EB4 #69C42E #2EC489

monochromatic

#611759 #922286 #C42EB4 #D858CA #E389DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C42EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#C42EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42EB4

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42EB4	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2665B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.230 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da78cb',
    500: '#c42eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42eb4;
$custom-light: #da78cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.4,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58431,
    "c": 0.22956,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.16985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42EB4

secondary

#81CD89

accent

#E55443

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42EB4

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

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