#CC42C4#CC42C4

#CC42C4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.224 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC42C4
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(303, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 3.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 68.59, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 79.52, 329.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1945 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.224 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8137, 20.7221, 54.2747)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC42C4 #42CC4A

analogous

#8F42CC #CC42C4 #CC427F

triadic

#CC42C4 #C4CC42 #42C4CC

tetradic

#CC42C4 #CC8F42 #42CC4A #427FCC

square

#CC42C4 #CC8F42 #42CC4A #427FCC

split-complementary

#CC42C4 #7FCC42 #42CC8F

monochromatic

#741F6F #A42C9D #CC42C4 #D972D3 #E6A2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#CC42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#CC42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC42C4

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC42C4	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3572C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A84C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.224 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df82d6',
    500: '#cc42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc42c4;
$custom-light: #df82d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62107,
    "c": 0.22386,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC42C4

secondary

#97D39B

accent

#E15047

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC42C4

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

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