#C242D1#C242D1

#C242D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.229 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242D1
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(294, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 68.51, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 84.30, 324.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.184 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.229 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7039, 19.9713, 62.2835)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242D1 #51D142

analogous

#7B42D1 #C242D1 #D14299

triadic

#C242D1 #D1C242 #42D1C2

tetradic

#C242D1 #D17B42 #51D142 #4299D1

square

#C242D1 #D17B42 #51D142 #4299D1

split-complementary

#C242D1 #99D142 #42D17B

monochromatic

#711E7B #9E2AAC #C242D1 #D273DD #E2A4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#C242D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#C242D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242D1

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242D1	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1872D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5981CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.229 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881e0',
    500: '#c242d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242d1;
$custom-light: #d881e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.706,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61425,
    "c": 0.22929,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242D1

secondary

#9FD699

accent

#E44455

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242D1

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

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