#C242B0#C242B0

#C242B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.203 H 333.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242B0
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 176)
HSL	hsl(308, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(308, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 9.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 63.04, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 71.02, 332.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.1825 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.203 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0330, 18.5029, 42.9502)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242B0 #42C254

analogous

#9442C2 #C242B0 #C24270

triadic

#C242B0 #B0C242 #42B0C2

tetradic

#C242B0 #C29442 #42C254 #4270C2

square

#C242B0 #C29442 #42C254 #4270C2

split-complementary

#C242B0 #70C242 #42C294

monochromatic

#68225E #963188 #C242B0 #D170C3 #E09FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C242B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C242B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242B0

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242B0	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.203 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880c8',
    500: '#c242b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242b0;
$custom-light: #d880c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.438,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59643,
    "c": 0.20319,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242B0

secondary

#94CC9C

accent

#DB614D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242B0

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

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