#C42EB5#C42EB5

#C42EB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.230 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42EB5
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 181)
HSL	hsl(306, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 7.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 71.00, -38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 80.74, 331.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.2046 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.23 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0826, 17.0287, 45.3043)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42EB5 #2EC43D

analogous

#882EC4 #C42EB5 #C42E6A

triadic

#C42EB5 #B5C42E #2EB5C4

tetradic

#C42EB5 #C4882E #2EC43D #2E6AC4

square

#C42EB5 #C4882E #2EC43D #2E6AC4

split-complementary

#C42EB5 #6AC42E #2EC488

monochromatic

#611759 #922287 #C42EB5 #D858CB #E389DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#C42EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C42EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42EB5

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42EB5	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2565B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.230 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da78cb',
    500: '#c42eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42eb5;
$custom-light: #da78cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58485,
    "c": 0.23026,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42EB5

secondary

#81CD88

accent

#E55343

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42EB5

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

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