#CC42BE#CC42BE

#CC42BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.219 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC42BE
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(306, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(306, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 6.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 67.65, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 77.21, 331.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1941 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.219 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1444, 20.4544, 50.7496)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC42BE #42CC50

analogous

#9542CC #CC42BE #CC4279

triadic

#CC42BE #BECC42 #42BECC

tetradic

#CC42BE #CC9542 #42CC50 #4279CC

square

#CC42BE #CC9542 #42CC50 #4279CC

split-complementary

#CC42BE #79CC42 #42CC95

monochromatic

#741F6C #A42C98 #CC42BE #D972CF #E6A2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CC42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#CC42BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC42BE

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC42BE	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B70C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5507B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.219 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df81d2',
    500: '#cc42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc42be;
$custom-light: #df81d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61796,
    "c": 0.21936,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC42BE

secondary

#97D39D

accent

#E15747

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#160B14

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC42BE

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

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