#C242A2#C242A2

#C242A2 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.193 H 339.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242A2
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(315, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(315, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 16.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 60.94, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 66.04, 337.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1805 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.193 339.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7186, 17.9772, 36.0275)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242A2 #42C262

analogous

#A242C2 #C242A2 #C24262

triadic

#C242A2 #A2C242 #42A2C2

tetradic

#C242A2 #C2A242 #42C262 #4262C2

square

#C242A2 #C2A242 #42C262 #4262C2

split-complementary

#C242A2 #62C242 #42C2A2

monochromatic

#682256 #96317D #C242A2 #D170B9 #E09FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C242A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C242A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242A2

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242A2	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	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)

#4869A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD466C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.193 339.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87fbd',
    500: '#c242a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242a2;
$custom-light: #d87fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58977,
    "c": 0.19317,
    "h": 339.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242A2

secondary

#94CCA2

accent

#DB714D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBEFF6

border

#D4CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242A2

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

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