#CB42C4#CB42C4

#CB42C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.223 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB42C4
RGB	rgb(203, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(303, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 3.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 68.36, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 79.45, 329.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.1935 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.223 330)
XYZ	xyz(36.5404, 20.5812, 54.2619)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB42C4 #42CB49

analogous

#8E42CB #CB42C4 #CB427F

triadic

#CB42C4 #C4CB42 #42C4CB

tetradic

#CB42C4 #CB8E42 #42CB49 #427FCB

square

#CB42C4 #CB8E42 #42CB49 #427FCB

split-complementary

#CB42C4 #7FCB42 #42CB8E

monochromatic

#73206F #A32D9D #CB42C4 #D872D3 #E5A2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CB42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#CB42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB42C4

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB42C4	1.00	4.11	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3571C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6984C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.223 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de81d6',
    500: '#cb42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb42c4;
$custom-light: #de81d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.066,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61964,
    "c": 0.22334,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.20578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB42C4

secondary

#97D29A

accent

#E04F48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB42C4

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

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