#C242CB#C242CB

#C242CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.224 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242CB
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(296, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 67.46, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 81.77, 325.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.184 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.224 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9750, 19.6797, 58.4447)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242CB #4BCB42

analogous

#7D42CB #C242CB #CB4290

triadic

#C242CB #CBC242 #42CBC2

tetradic

#C242CB #CB7D42 #4BCB42 #4290CB

square

#C242CB #CB7D42 #4BCB42 #4290CB

split-complementary

#C242CB #90CB42 #42CB7D

monochromatic

#6D2073 #9B2DA3 #C242CB #D172D8 #E1A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#C242CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#C242CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242CB

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242CB	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2371CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.224 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881db',
    500: '#c242cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242cb;
$custom-light: #d881db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.058,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6108,
    "c": 0.22436,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242CB

secondary

#9BD297

accent

#E04852

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242CB

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

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