#C242CA#C242CA

#C242CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.224 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242CA
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 67.29, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 81.35, 325.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.184 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.224 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8562, 19.6322, 57.8191)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242CA #4ACA42

analogous

#7E42CA #C242CA #CA428E

triadic

#C242CA #CAC242 #42CAC2

tetradic

#C242CA #CA7E42 #4ACA42 #428ECA

square

#C242CA #CA7E42 #4ACA42 #428ECA

split-complementary

#C242CA #8ECA42 #42CA7E

monochromatic

#6D2072 #9B2DA2 #C242CA #D172D7 #E1A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#C242CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#C242CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242CA

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242CA	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2570CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.224 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881db',
    500: '#c242ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242ca;
$custom-light: #d881db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61023,
    "c": 0.22354,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242CA

secondary

#9AD196

accent

#DF4851

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242CA

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

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