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Color#c262dfrgb(194, 98, 223) · magenta

#c262df color

Values, variations, harmonies, an accessible palette and ready-to-paste CSS for #c262df.

Color values

The same color written in every notation you are likely to need. Click any row to copy it.

What HEX means

#c262df packs three channels into hexadecimal pairs from 00 to FF: c2 red, 62 green, df blue.

What RGB means

Red 194, green 98, blue 223 — each from 0 to 255. It is the same color as the hex above, just in decimal.

What HSL means

Hue 286° (magenta), saturation 66%, lightness 63%. HSL is handy when you want the same hue a little lighter or less saturated.

Why OKLCH

OKLCH is a perceptual space — changing its lightness (65.9%) matches how your eye reads brightness far better than HSL, which is why the palette below is generated in it.

Accessibility & contrast

WCAG requires at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text at level AA. Use this to decide whether white or black text belongs on this color.

AaThis text is readable
White text3.44:1
AA AAA AA Large
AaThis text is readable
Black text6.11:1
AA AAA AA Large

Closest accessible alternative

Nudged in lightness to reach 4.5:1 while keeping the hue as close as possible.

Aa

For white text

#ab4bc8

4.59:1

UI preview

How this color behaves in a real interface, not just as a square.

Badge

A paragraph with a themed link inside it.

Information

An alert accented with this color.

Progress

Tints & shades

A tint mixes the color toward white; a shade mixes it toward black. Click any swatch to open it.

Color harmonies

Schemes built by rotating the hue around the color wheel — the starting point for a coherent palette.

Complementary

Opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast.

Analogous

Neighbours on the wheel — calm and cohesive.

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart — vivid but balanced.

Split complementary

Softer than a straight complement.

Tetradic

Four hues — enough for a design system.

Palette generator

A Tailwind-style 50–950 ramp anchored on this color at step 500, generated in OKLCH so the steps feel evenly spaced.

:root {
  --primary-50: #ffecff;
  --primary-100: #ffdcff;
  --primary-200: #fac0ff;
  --primary-300: #ea9fff;
  --primary-400: #cf78ea;
  --primary-500: #c262df;
  --primary-600: #9335ae;
  --primary-700: #792092;
  --primary-800: #631078;
  --primary-900: #510963;
  --primary-950: #2f053a;
}

Gradient

A linear blend from this color to its complement, with the CSS ready to paste.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c262df, #7fdf62);

Nearest named colors

The closest matches from a corpus of about 31,900 named colours, ranked by ΔE (CIEDE2000) — a measure of how different two colours look. ΔE under 1 is nearly indistinguishable; around 10 is clearly different.

CSS code

Every common way to use this color in a stylesheet or a component.

color: #c262df;
background-color: #c262df;
:root {
  --color-primary: #c262df;
}
color: rgb(194 98 223);
color: oklch(65.9% 0.1986 317.79);
<div class="bg-[#c262df]">…</div>