All About Color #C042FF

#C042FF

About #C042FF

#C042FF is a light purple color with the hex code #C042FF. In RGB it is red 192, green 66, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 280°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 25%, 74%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 3.84:1 on white and 5.46:1 on black.

#C042FF Color Conversion

Hex tripletC0, 42, FF
CMYK24.71%, 74.12%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal192, 66, 255
HSL280°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal300, 102, 377
HSV (HSB)280.00°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11000000, 1000010, 11111111
CIE-L*AB54.37, 76.73, -70.93
RGB Percent75.29%, 25.88%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH54.37, 104.49, 317.25
XYZ41.74, 22.32, 96.72
CIE-L*UV54.37, 37.15, -118.03
xyY0.26, 0.14, 22.32
Hunter-Lab47.25, 75.00, -88.30
RYB75.29%, 25.88%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#C042FF on a dark background: contrast 5.46:1, passes WCAG AA.
#C042FF on a light background: contrast 3.84:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #C042FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #C042FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#C042FF · #DF9EFF · #9900E6 · #81FF42 · #BEFF9E

Analogous palette

#4281FF · #6242FF · #C042FF · #FF42E0 · #FF4281

Triadic palette

#C042FF · #FFC042 · #42FFC0 · #DF9EFF · #FFDF9E

Tetradic palette

#C042FF · #FF6242 · #81FF42 · #42E0FF · #9900E6

Monochromatic palette

#7000A8 · #A300F5 · #C042FF · #DA8FFF · #F3DBFF

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