#C242FF#C242FF

#C242FF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.268 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242FF
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 255)
HSL	hsl(281, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 77.07, -70.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 104.42, 317.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.1797 -0.1994)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.268 312)
XYZ	xyz(42.2430, 22.5869, 96.7228)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242FF #7FFF42

analogous

#6342FF #C242FF #FF42DD

triadic

#C242FF #FFC242 #42FFC2

tetradic

#C242FF #FF6342 #7FFF42 #42DDFF

square

#C242FF #FF6342 #7FFF42 #42DDFF

split-complementary

#C242FF #DDFF42 #42FF63

monochromatic

#8700C7 #AE05FF #C242FF #D67FFF #EABCFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C242FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C242FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242FF

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242FF	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2385FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.268 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da83ff',
    500: '#c242ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242ff;
$custom-light: #da83ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.635,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6435,
    "c": 0.2684,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.22586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242FF

secondary

#C2F0AC

accent

#E6004A

background

#FEF8FF

surface

#FCF0FF

border

#D5CBD7

text

#150C18

muted

#847D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242FF

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

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