#CC42C5#CC42C5

#CC42C5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.225 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC42C5
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(303, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 3.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 68.75, -40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 79.90, 329.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1946 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.225 330)
XYZ	xyz(36.9279, 20.7678, 54.8761)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC42C5 #42CC49

analogous

#8E42CC #CC42C5 #CC4280

triadic

#CC42C5 #C5CC42 #42C5CC

tetradic

#CC42C5 #CC8E42 #42CC49 #4280CC

square

#CC42C5 #CC8E42 #42CC49 #4280CC

split-complementary

#CC42C5 #80CC42 #42CC8E

monochromatic

#741F70 #A42C9E #CC42C5 #D972D4 #E6A2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#CC42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#CC42C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC42C5

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC42C5	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3472C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6984C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3537E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.225 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df82d7',
    500: '#cc42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc42c5;
$custom-light: #df82d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6216,
    "c": 0.22463,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.20765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC42C5

secondary

#97D39A

accent

#E14F47

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC42C5

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

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