#C242C9#C242C9

#C242C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.223 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242C9
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(297, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 67.12, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 80.94, 326.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.184 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.223 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7382, 19.5850, 57.1976)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242C9 #49C942

analogous

#7F42C9 #C242C9 #C9428C

triadic

#C242C9 #C9C242 #42C9C2

tetradic

#C242C9 #C97F42 #49C942 #428CC9

square

#C242C9 #C97F42 #49C942 #428CC9

split-complementary

#C242C9 #8CC942 #42C97F

monochromatic

#6C2070 #9A2EA0 #C242C9 #D172D7 #E1A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C242C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C242C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242C9

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242C9	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2770CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C75781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.223 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881da',
    500: '#c242c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242c9;
$custom-light: #d881da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60967,
    "c": 0.22273,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242C9

secondary

#99D196

accent

#DF4951

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242C9

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

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