#C242C4#C242C4

#C242C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.219 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242C4
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(299, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 66.27, -42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 78.88, 327.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.1839 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.219 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1596, 19.3536, 54.1503)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242C4 #44C442

analogous

#8142C4 #C242C4 #C44285

triadic

#C242C4 #C4C242 #42C4C2

tetradic

#C242C4 #C48142 #44C442 #4285C4

square

#C242C4 #C48142 #44C442 #4285C4

split-complementary

#C242C4 #85C442 #42C481

monochromatic

#69216A #973099 #C242C4 #D171D3 #E09FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#C242C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#C242C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242C4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242C4	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.219 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881d6',
    500: '#c242c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242c4;
$custom-light: #d881d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60689,
    "c": 0.2187,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242C4

secondary

#95CE94

accent

#DC4C4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242C4

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

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