#C242D9#C242D9

#C242D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.236 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242D9
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(291, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 69.93, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 87.71, 322.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.1837 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.236 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7193, 20.3775, 67.6313)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242D9 #59D942

analogous

#7642D9 #C242D9 #D942A4

triadic

#C242D9 #D9C242 #42D9C2

tetradic

#C242D9 #D97642 #59D942 #42A4D9

square

#C242D9 #D97642 #59D942 #42A4D9

split-complementary

#C242D9 #A4D942 #42D976

monochromatic

#751B86 #A225B9 #C242D9 #D275E3 #E3A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C242D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C242D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242D9

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242D9	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.236 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881e5',
    500: '#c242d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242d9;
$custom-light: #d881e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.861,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61899,
    "c": 0.23594,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242D9

secondary

#A6DB9C

accent

#E93E58

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242D9

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

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