#C242C2#C242C2

#C242C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.217 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242C2
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(300, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 65.94, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 78.06, 327.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1838 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.217 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9335, 19.2631, 52.9593)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242C2 #42C242

analogous

#8242C2 #C242C2 #C24282

triadic

#C242C2 #C2C242 #42C2C2

tetradic

#C242C2 #C28242 #42C242 #4282C2

square

#C242C2 #C28242 #42C242 #4282C2

split-complementary

#C242C2 #82C242 #42C282

monochromatic

#682268 #963196 #C242C2 #D170D1 #E09FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C242C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C242C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242C2

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242C2	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F6FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.217 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880d5',
    500: '#c242c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242c2;
$custom-light: #d880d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6058,
    "c": 0.2171,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242C2

secondary

#94CC94

accent

#DB4D4D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242C2

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

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