#C242CC#C242CC

#C242CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.225 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242CC
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(296, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 67.64, -46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 82.19, 325.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.184 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.225 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0946, 19.7276, 59.0743)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242CC #4CCC42

analogous

#7D42CC #C242CC #CC4291

triadic

#C242CC #CCC242 #42CCC2

tetradic

#C242CC #CC7D42 #4CCC42 #4291CC

square

#C242CC #CC7D42 #4CCC42 #4291CC

split-complementary

#C242CC #91CC42 #42CC7D

monochromatic

#6E1F74 #9C2CA4 #C242CC #D272D9 #E1A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#C242CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#C242CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242CC

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242CC	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2271D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.225 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881dc',
    500: '#c242cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242cc;
$custom-light: #d881dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61137,
    "c": 0.22518,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242CC

secondary

#9BD397

accent

#E14752

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242CC

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

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