#C242B2#C242B2

#C242B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.205 H 333.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242B2
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(308, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(308, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 8.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 63.35, -33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 71.77, 331.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1827 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.205 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2324, 18.5827, 44.0000)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242B2 #42C252

analogous

#9242C2 #C242B2 #C24272

triadic

#C242B2 #B2C242 #42B2C2

tetradic

#C242B2 #C29242 #42C252 #4272C2

square

#C242B2 #C29242 #42C252 #4272C2

split-complementary

#C242B2 #72C242 #42C292

monochromatic

#68225F #96318A #C242B2 #D170C5 #E09FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C242B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C242B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242B2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242B2	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E6CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.205 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880c9',
    500: '#c242b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242b2;
$custom-light: #d880c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59743,
    "c": 0.20468,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242B2

secondary

#94CC9B

accent

#DB5F4D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242B2

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

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