#C242B3#C242B3

#C242B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.205 H 332.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242B3
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 179)
HSL	hsl(307, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(307, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 7.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 63.51, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 72.15, 331.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1828 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.205 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3331, 18.6230, 44.5307)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242B3 #42C251

analogous

#9142C2 #C242B3 #C24273

triadic

#C242B3 #B3C242 #42B3C2

tetradic

#C242B3 #C29142 #42C251 #4273C2

square

#C242B3 #C29142 #42C251 #4273C2

split-complementary

#C242B3 #73C242 #42C291

monochromatic

#682260 #96318A #C242B3 #D170C6 #E09FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C242B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C242B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242B3

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242B3	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)

#3D6CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.205 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880ca',
    500: '#c242b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242b3;
$custom-light: #d880ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.031,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59793,
    "c": 0.20543,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242B3

secondary

#94CC9A

accent

#DB5E4D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242B3

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

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