#C42EC9#C42EC9

#C42EC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.245 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42EC9
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 201)
HSL	hsl(298, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 74.09, -48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 88.47, 326.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.2044 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.245 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2840, 17.9092, 56.8981)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42EC9 #33C92E

analogous

#772EC9 #C42EC9 #C92E80

triadic

#C42EC9 #C9C42E #2EC9C4

tetradic

#C42EC9 #C9772E #33C92E #2E80C9

square

#C42EC9 #C9772E #33C92E #2E80C9

split-complementary

#C42EC9 #80C92E #2EC977

monochromatic

#631765 #932397 #C42EC9 #D55BD9 #E28DE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C42EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C42EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C42EC9

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C42EC9	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.245 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da78da',
    500: '#c42ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42ec9;
$custom-light: #da78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.065,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59613,
    "c": 0.24465,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42EC9

secondary

#86CF84

accent

#E64247

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFB

border

#D4C9D4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42EC9

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

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