#CC42C9#CC42C9

#CC42C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.228 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC42C9
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(301, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(301, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 1.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 69.39, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 81.48, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.1948 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.228 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3923, 20.9535, 57.3220)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC42C9 #42CC45

analogous

#8A42CC #CC42C9 #CC4284

triadic

#CC42C9 #C9CC42 #42C9CC

tetradic

#CC42C9 #CC8A42 #42CC45 #4284CC

square

#CC42C9 #CC8A42 #42CC45 #4284CC

split-complementary

#CC42C9 #84CC42 #42CC8A

monochromatic

#741F72 #A42CA2 #CC42C9 #D972D7 #E6A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CC42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#CC42C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC42C9

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC42C9	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3073CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6785C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.228 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df82da',
    500: '#cc42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc42c9;
$custom-light: #df82da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.304,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62373,
    "c": 0.22769,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC42C9

secondary

#97D398

accent

#E14A47

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC42C9

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

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