#C242DB#C242DB

#C242DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.238 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242DB
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(290, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 70.29, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 88.58, 322.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.1836 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.238 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9810, 20.4821, 69.0096)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242DB #5BDB42

analogous

#7542DB #C242DB #DB42A7

triadic

#C242DB #DBC242 #42DBC2

tetradic

#C242DB #DB7542 #5BDB42 #42A7DB

square

#C242DB #DB7542 #5BDB42 #42A7DB

split-complementary

#C242DB #A7DB42 #42DB75

monochromatic

#771A89 #A324BC #C242DB #D375E5 #E3A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C242DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C242DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242DB

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242DB	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.238 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d881e7',
    500: '#c242db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242db;
$custom-light: #d881e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.196,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6202,
    "c": 0.23763,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242DB

secondary

#A7DC9D

accent

#EB3D59

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242DB

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

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