#C242C7#C242C7

#C242C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.221 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242C7
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(298, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 66.78, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 80.11, 326.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.184 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.221 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5045, 19.4915, 55.9666)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242C7 #47C742

analogous

#7F42C7 #C242C7 #C7428A

triadic

#C242C7 #C7C242 #42C7C2

tetradic

#C242C7 #C77F42 #47C742 #428AC7

square

#C242C7 #C77F42 #47C742 #428AC7

split-complementary

#C242C7 #8AC742 #42C77F

monochromatic

#6B216E #992F9D #C242C7 #D171D5 #E0A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C242C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C242C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242C7

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242C7	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2970CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.221 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881d8',
    500: '#c242c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242c7;
$custom-light: #d881d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.744,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60855,
    "c": 0.22111,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242C7

secondary

#97D095

accent

#DE4A50

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242C7

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

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