#CC42C8#CC42C8

#CC42C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.227 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC42C8
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(302, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(302, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 69.23, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 81.08, 328.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1947 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.227 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2750, 20.9066, 56.7045)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC42C8 #42CC46

analogous

#8B42CC #CC42C8 #CC4283

triadic

#CC42C8 #C8CC42 #42C8CC

tetradic

#CC42C8 #CC8B42 #42CC46 #4283CC

square

#CC42C8 #CC8B42 #42CC46 #4283CC

split-complementary

#CC42C8 #83CC42 #42CC8B

monochromatic

#741F72 #A42CA1 #CC42C8 #D972D6 #E6A2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CC42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#CC42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC42C8

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC42C8	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3172CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6785C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.227 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df82d9',
    500: '#cc42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc42c8;
$custom-light: #df82d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62319,
    "c": 0.22693,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC42C8

secondary

#97D399

accent

#E14C47

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC42C8

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

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