#C242A3#C242A3

#C242A3 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.194 H 338.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242A3
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 163)
HSL	hsl(315, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(315, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 16%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 61.08, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 66.38, 336.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1807 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.194 338.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8078, 18.0129, 36.4975)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242A3 #42C261

analogous

#A142C2 #C242A3 #C24263

triadic

#C242A3 #A3C242 #42A3C2

tetradic

#C242A3 #C2A142 #42C261 #4263C2

square

#C242A3 #C2A142 #42C261 #4263C2

split-complementary

#C242A3 #63C242 #42C2A1

monochromatic

#682257 #96317E #C242A3 #D170BA #E09FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C242A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C242A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242A3

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242A3	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4869A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD476D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.194 338.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880be',
    500: '#c242a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242a3;
$custom-light: #d880be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 314.531,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59022,
    "c": 0.19385,
    "h": 338.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242A3

secondary

#94CCA1

accent

#DB6F4D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBEFF7

border

#D4CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242A3

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

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