#CC42D9#CC42D9

#CC42D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.240 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC42D9
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(295, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 72.05, -50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 87.98, 324.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1949 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.24 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3734, 21.7460, 67.7557)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC42D9 #4FD942

analogous

#8042D9 #CC42D9 #D9429B

triadic

#CC42D9 #D9CC42 #42D9CC

tetradic

#CC42D9 #D98042 #4FD942 #429BD9

square

#CC42D9 #D98042 #4FD942 #429BD9

split-complementary

#CC42D9 #9BD942 #42D980

monochromatic

#7D1B86 #AC25B9 #CC42D9 #DA75E3 #E7A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#CC42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#CC42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC42D9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC42D9	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1476DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D86D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.240 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df82e5',
    500: '#cc42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc42d9;
$custom-light: #df82e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.834,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63266,
    "c": 0.24028,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC42D9

secondary

#A1DB9C

accent

#E93E4D

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC42D9

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

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