#C242D5#C242D5

#C242D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.233 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242D5
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(292, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(292, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 69.21, -51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 86.00, 323.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1839 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.233 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2053, 20.1719, 64.9244)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242D5 #55D542

analogous

#7942D5 #C242D5 #D5429E

triadic

#C242D5 #D5C242 #42D5C2

tetradic

#C242D5 #D57942 #55D542 #429ED5

square

#C242D5 #D57942 #55D542 #429ED5

split-complementary

#C242D5 #9ED542 #42D579

monochromatic

#731C80 #A028B2 #C242D5 #D274E0 #E2A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C242D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C242D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242D5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242D5	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A73D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.233 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881e2',
    500: '#c242d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242d5;
$custom-light: #d881e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.245,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6166,
    "c": 0.23261,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242D5

secondary

#A2D89A

accent

#E74157

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242D5

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

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