#C242E2#C242E2

#C242E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.244 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242E2
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 71.56, -57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 91.62, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.1832 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.244 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9220, 20.8585, 73.9653)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242E2 #62E242

analogous

#7242E2 #C242E2 #E242B2

triadic

#C242E2 #E2C242 #42E2C2

tetradic

#C242E2 #E27242 #62E242 #42B2E2

square

#C242E2 #E27242 #62E242 #42B2E2

split-complementary

#C242E2 #B2E242 #42E272

monochromatic

#7A1793 #A61FC8 #C242E2 #D377EA #E4ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#C242E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#C242E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242E2

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242E2	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2618E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.244 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d982ec',
    500: '#c242e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242e2;
$custom-light: #d982ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6245,
    "c": 0.24353,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242E2

secondary

#ACE09F

accent

#F0385D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242E2

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

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