#C242C0#C242C0

#C242C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.216 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242C0
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 192)
HSL	hsl(301, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(301, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 65.61, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 77.25, 328.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1837 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.216 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7104, 19.1739, 51.7844)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242C0 #42C244

analogous

#8442C2 #C242C0 #C24280

triadic

#C242C0 #C0C242 #42C0C2

tetradic

#C242C0 #C28442 #42C244 #4280C2

square

#C242C0 #C28442 #42C244 #4280C2

split-complementary

#C242C0 #80C242 #42C284

monochromatic

#682267 #963195 #C242C0 #D170CF #E09FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C242C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C242C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242C0

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242C0	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)

#326EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.216 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880d3',
    500: '#c242c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242c0;
$custom-light: #d880d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.938,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60471,
    "c": 0.21551,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242C0

secondary

#94CC94

accent

#DB4F4D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242C0

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

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