#C42FAE#C42FAE

#C42FAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.224 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42FAE
RGB	rgb(196, 47, 174)
HSL	hsl(309, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 69.68, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 77.86, 333.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.2034 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.224 335)
XYZ	xyz(31.4218, 16.8276, 41.6294)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42FAE #2FC445

analogous

#8F2FC4 #C42FAE #C42F63

triadic

#C42FAE #AEC42F #2FAEC4

tetradic

#C42FAE #C48F2F #2FC445 #2F63C4

square

#C42FAE #C48F2F #2FC445 #2F63C4

split-complementary

#C42FAE #63C42F #2FC48F

monochromatic

#611756 #932382 #C42FAE #D759C5 #E38AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C42FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C42FAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42FAE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42FAE	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E64B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 47, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.224 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da78c6',
    500: '#c42fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42fae;
$custom-light: #da78c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.859,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58188,
    "c": 0.22447,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.16825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42FAE

secondary

#82CD8D

accent

#E45B43

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42FAE

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

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