#C242C3#C242C3

#C242C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.218 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242C3
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(300, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 66.11, -42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 78.47, 327.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1838 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.218 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0462, 19.3082, 53.5528)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242C3 #43C342

analogous

#8142C3 #C242C3 #C34283

triadic

#C242C3 #C3C242 #42C3C2

tetradic

#C242C3 #C38142 #43C342 #4283C3

square

#C242C3 #C38142 #43C342 #4283C3

split-complementary

#C242C3 #83C342 #42C381

monochromatic

#692169 #973098 #C242C3 #D170D2 #E09FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C242C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C242C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242C3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242C3	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E6FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.218 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880d5',
    500: '#c242c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242c3;
$custom-light: #d880d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.535,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60634,
    "c": 0.21789,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242C3

secondary

#94CD94

accent

#DB4D4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242C3

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

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