#C242C5#C242C5

#C242C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.220 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242C5
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(299, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 66.44, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 79.29, 326.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.1839 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.22 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2738, 19.3993, 54.7517)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242C5 #45C542

analogous

#8142C5 #C242C5 #C54287

triadic

#C242C5 #C5C242 #42C5C2

tetradic

#C242C5 #C58142 #45C542 #4287C5

square

#C242C5 #C58142 #45C542 #4287C5

split-complementary

#C242C5 #87C542 #42C581

monochromatic

#6A216C #982F9A #C242C5 #D171D3 #E0A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#C242C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#C242C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242C5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242C5	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.220 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881d7',
    500: '#c242c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242c5;
$custom-light: #d881d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.626,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60744,
    "c": 0.2195,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242C5

secondary

#96CE95

accent

#DC4B4F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242C5

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

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