#CC42D4#CC42D4

#CC42D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.236 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC42D4
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(297, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 71.21, -48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 85.91, 325.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.1949 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.236 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7329, 21.4898, 64.3824)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC42D4 #4AD442

analogous

#8342D4 #CC42D4 #D44293

triadic

#CC42D4 #D4CC42 #42D4CC

tetradic

#CC42D4 #D48342 #4AD442 #4293D4

square

#CC42D4 #D48342 #4AD442 #4293D4

split-complementary

#CC42D4 #93D442 #42D483

monochromatic

#791D7F #A928B1 #CC42D4 #D974DF #E7A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#CC42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#CC42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC42D4

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC42D4	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2075D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6186D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D15987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.236 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df82e2',
    500: '#cc42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc42d4;
$custom-light: #df82e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.712,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6298,
    "c": 0.2363,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC42D4

secondary

#9DD89A

accent

#E6424B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC42D4

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

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