#C242D8#C242D8

#C242D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.235 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242D8
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 69.75, -52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 87.28, 323.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1838 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.235 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5896, 20.3256, 66.9484)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242D8 #58D842

analogous

#7742D8 #C242D8 #D842A3

triadic

#C242D8 #D8C242 #42D8C2

tetradic

#C242D8 #D87742 #58D842 #42A3D8

square

#C242D8 #D87742 #58D842 #42A3D8

split-complementary

#C242D8 #A3D842 #42D877

monochromatic

#751B84 #A226B7 #C242D8 #D275E2 #E3A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C242D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C242D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242D8

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242D8	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.235 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881e5',
    500: '#c242d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242d8;
$custom-light: #d881e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61839,
    "c": 0.23511,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242D8

secondary

#A5DA9C

accent

#E93F58

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242D8

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

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