#CC42C6#CC42C6

#CC42C6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.225 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC42C6
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(303, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 2.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 68.91, -41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 80.30, 329.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.1946 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.225 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0428, 20.8137, 55.4816)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC42C6 #42CC48

analogous

#8D42CC #CC42C6 #CC4281

triadic

#CC42C6 #C6CC42 #42C6CC

tetradic

#CC42C6 #CC8D42 #42CC48 #4281CC

square

#CC42C6 #CC8D42 #42CC48 #4281CC

split-complementary

#CC42C6 #81CC42 #42CC8D

monochromatic

#741F71 #A42C9F #CC42C6 #D972D5 #E6A2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#CC42C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#CC42C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC42C6

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC42C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC42C6	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3372CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6984C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3537F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc42c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.225 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df82d8',
    500: '#cc42c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc42c6;
$custom-light: #df82d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc42c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62212,
    "c": 0.22539,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC42C6

secondary

#97D39A

accent

#E14E47

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC42C6

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

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