#C242A0#C242A0

#C242A0 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.192 H 340.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242A0
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 160)
HSL	hsl(316, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(316, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 17.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 60.65, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 65.38, 338.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.1802 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.192 340)
XYZ	xyz(30.5422, 17.9066, 35.0987)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242A0 #42C264

analogous

#A442C2 #C242A0 #C24260

triadic

#C242A0 #A0C242 #42A0C2

tetradic

#C242A0 #C2A442 #42C264 #4260C2

square

#C242A0 #C2A442 #42C264 #4260C2

split-complementary

#C242A0 #60C242 #42C2A4

monochromatic

#682255 #96317B #C242A0 #D170B7 #E09FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C242A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C242A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242A0

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242A0	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4968A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.192 340.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87fbc',
    500: '#c242a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242a0;
$custom-light: #d87fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.938,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58886,
    "c": 0.1918,
    "h": 340
  },
  "luminance": 0.17904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242A0

secondary

#94CCA3

accent

#DB734D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBEFF6

border

#D4CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242A0

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

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