#C242A1#C242A1

#C242A1 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.192 H 339.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242A1
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 161)
HSL	hsl(315, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(315, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 17%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 60.79, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 65.71, 337.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.1804 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.192 339.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6301, 17.9418, 35.5612)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242A1 #42C263

analogous

#A342C2 #C242A1 #C24261

triadic

#C242A1 #A1C242 #42A1C2

tetradic

#C242A1 #C2A342 #42C263 #4261C2

square

#C242A1 #C2A342 #42C263 #4261C2

split-complementary

#C242A1 #61C242 #42C2A3

monochromatic

#682256 #96317C #C242A1 #D170B8 #E09FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C242A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C242A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242A1

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242A1	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4969A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD466C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.192 339.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87fbd',
    500: '#c242a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242a1;
$custom-light: #d87fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.469,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58931,
    "c": 0.19249,
    "h": 339.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242A1

secondary

#94CCA2

accent

#DB724D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBEFF6

border

#D4CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242A1

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

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