#C240C5#C240C5

#C240C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.222 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C240C5
RGB	rgb(194, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(299, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 67.19, -43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 80.14, 326.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% 0.186 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.222 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1590, 19.1696, 54.7134)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C240C5 #43C540

analogous

#7F40C5 #C240C5 #C54085

triadic

#C240C5 #C5C240 #40C5C2

tetradic

#C240C5 #C57F40 #43C540 #4085C5

square

#C240C5 #C57F40 #43C540 #4085C5

split-complementary

#C240C5 #85C540 #40C57F

monochromatic

#69206A #972F99 #C240C5 #D16FD3 #E09EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C240C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C240C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C240C5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C240C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C240C5	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7547E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c240c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.222 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880d7',
    500: '#c240c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c240c5;
$custom-light: #d880d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c240c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.647,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60552,
    "c": 0.22192,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C240C5

secondary

#94CE93

accent

#DD4B4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C240C5

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

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