#CC42E5#CC42E5

#CC42E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.250 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC42E5
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 229)
HSL	hsl(291, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 71.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 74.14, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 93.02, 322.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1944 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.25 321)
XYZ	xyz(40.9913, 22.3931, 76.2767)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC42E5 #5BE542

analogous

#7B42E5 #CC42E5 #E542AC

triadic

#CC42E5 #E5CC42 #42E5CC

tetradic

#CC42E5 #E57B42 #5BE542 #42ACE5

square

#CC42E5 #E57B42 #5BE542 #42ACE5

split-complementary

#CC42E5 #ACE542 #42E57B

monochromatic

#841598 #B21CCE #CC42E5 #DB78EC #E9AEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#CC42E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#CC42E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC42E5

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC42E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC42E5	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5587E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc42e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.250 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e083ee',
    500: '#cc42e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc42e5;
$custom-light: #e083ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc42e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.798,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63976,
    "c": 0.24998,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.22391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC42E5

secondary

#ABE2A1

accent

#F23552

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC42E5

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

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