#C242D2#C242D2

#C242D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.230 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242D2
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(293, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, 68.68, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 84.72, 324.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.184 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.23 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8281, 20.0210, 62.9376)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242D2 #52D242

analogous

#7A42D2 #C242D2 #D2429A

triadic

#C242D2 #D2C242 #42D2C2

tetradic

#C242D2 #D27A42 #52D242 #429AD2

square

#C242D2 #D27A42 #52D242 #429AD2

split-complementary

#C242D2 #9AD242 #42D27A

monochromatic

#721E7C #9F29AD #C242D2 #D273DE #E2A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C242D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C242D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242D2

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242D2	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1572D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.230 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881e0',
    500: '#c242d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242d2;
$custom-light: #d881e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61483,
    "c": 0.23012,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242D2

secondary

#A0D799

accent

#E54355

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242D2

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

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