#C242A4#C242A4

#C242A4 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.195 H 338.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242A4
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 164)
HSL	hsl(314, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(314, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 15.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 61.23, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 66.72, 336.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1809 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.195 338.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8978, 18.0488, 36.9713)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242A4 #42C260

analogous

#A042C2 #C242A4 #C24264

triadic

#C242A4 #A4C242 #42A4C2

tetradic

#C242A4 #C2A042 #42C260 #4264C2

square

#C242A4 #C2A042 #42C260 #4264C2

split-complementary

#C242A4 #64C242 #42C2A0

monochromatic

#682258 #96317E #C242A4 #D170BA #E09FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C242A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C242A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242A4

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242A4	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4769A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC476D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.195 338.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880bf',
    500: '#c242a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242a4;
$custom-light: #d880bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 314.063,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59068,
    "c": 0.19454,
    "h": 338.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242A4

secondary

#94CCA1

accent

#DB6E4D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBEFF7

border

#D4CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242A4

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

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