#C240C4#C240C4

#C240C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.221 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C240C4
RGB	rgb(194, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(299, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 67.02, -43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 79.73, 327.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.186 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.221 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0448, 19.1240, 54.1120)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C240C4 #42C440

analogous

#8040C4 #C240C4 #C44084

triadic

#C240C4 #C4C240 #40C4C2

tetradic

#C240C4 #C48040 #42C440 #4084C4

square

#C240C4 #C48040 #42C440 #4084C4

split-complementary

#C240C4 #84C440 #40C480

monochromatic

#682069 #962F98 #C240C4 #D16FD2 #E09EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C240C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C240C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C240C4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C240C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C240C4	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8537D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c240c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.221 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880d6',
    500: '#c240c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c240c4;
$custom-light: #d880d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c240c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60497,
    "c": 0.22113,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C240C4

secondary

#94CD93

accent

#DC4C4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C240C4

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

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