#C242E1#C242E1

#C242E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.243 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242E1
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 71.38, -56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 91.18, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1832 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.243 319)
XYZ	xyz(37.7852, 20.8038, 73.2448)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242E1 #61E142

analogous

#7342E1 #C242E1 #E142B1

triadic

#C242E1 #E1C242 #42E1C2

tetradic

#C242E1 #E17342 #61E142 #42B1E1

square

#C242E1 #E17342 #61E142 #42B1E1

split-complementary

#C242E1 #B1E142 #42E173

monochromatic

#7A1792 #A61FC6 #C242E1 #D377E9 #E4ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#C242E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#C242E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242E1

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242E1	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2618E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.243 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d982eb',
    500: '#c242e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242e1;
$custom-light: #d982eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.302,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62388,
    "c": 0.24268,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.20802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242E1

secondary

#ACE09F

accent

#EF385C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242E1

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

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