#C242C8#C242C8

#C242C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.222 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242C8
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(297, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 66.95, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 80.52, 326.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.184 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.222 326)
XYZ	xyz(34.6210, 19.5381, 56.5801)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242C8 #48C842

analogous

#7F42C8 #C242C8 #C8428B

triadic

#C242C8 #C8C242 #42C8C2

tetradic

#C242C8 #C87F42 #48C842 #428BC8

square

#C242C8 #C87F42 #48C842 #428BC8

split-complementary

#C242C8 #8BC842 #42C87F

monochromatic

#6C206F #9A2E9F #C242C8 #D171D6 #E1A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C242C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C242C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242C8

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242C8	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2870CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C75680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.222 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881d9',
    500: '#c242c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242c8;
$custom-light: #d881d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.313,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60911,
    "c": 0.22192,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.19536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242C8

secondary

#98D096

accent

#DE4A50

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242C8

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

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