#C242AC#C242AC

#C242AC is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.200 H 335.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242AC
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 172)
HSL	hsl(310, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(310, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 11.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, 62.42, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 69.55, 333.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.182 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.2 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6431, 18.3470, 40.8965)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242AC #42C258

analogous

#9842C2 #C242AC #C2426C

triadic

#C242AC #ACC242 #42ACC2

tetradic

#C242AC #C29842 #42C258 #426CC2

square

#C242AC #C29842 #42C258 #426CC2

split-complementary

#C242AC #6CC242 #42C298

monochromatic

#68225C #963185 #C242AC #D170C0 #E09FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#C242AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C242AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242AC

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242AC	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#426AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.200 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880c5',
    500: '#c242ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242ac;
$custom-light: #d880c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.313,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59447,
    "c": 0.20024,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242AC

secondary

#94CC9D

accent

#DB654D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242AC

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

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