#C242A5#C242A5

#C242A5 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.195 H 338.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242A5
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 165)
HSL	hsl(314, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(314, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 14.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 61.38, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 67.06, 336.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.181 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.195 338)
XYZ	xyz(30.9884, 18.0851, 37.4487)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242A5 #42C25F

analogous

#9F42C2 #C242A5 #C24265

triadic

#C242A5 #A5C242 #42A5C2

tetradic

#C242A5 #C29F42 #42C25F #4265C2

square

#C242A5 #C29F42 #42C25F #4265C2

split-complementary

#C242A5 #65C242 #42C29F

monochromatic

#682258 #96317F #C242A5 #D170BB #E09FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C242A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C242A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242A5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242A5	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4769A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC486E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.195 338.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880c0',
    500: '#c242a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242a5;
$custom-light: #d880c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.594,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59115,
    "c": 0.19524,
    "h": 338
  },
  "luminance": 0.18082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242A5

secondary

#94CCA0

accent

#DB6D4D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBEFF7

border

#D4CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242A5

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

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