#C242B4#C242B4

#C242B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.206 H 332.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242B4
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 180)
HSL	hsl(307, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(307, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 7.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 63.66, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 72.53, 331.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1829 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.206 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4346, 18.6636, 45.0653)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242B4 #42C250

analogous

#9042C2 #C242B4 #C24274

triadic

#C242B4 #B4C242 #42B4C2

tetradic

#C242B4 #C29042 #42C250 #4274C2

square

#C242B4 #C29042 #42C250 #4274C2

split-complementary

#C242B4 #74C242 #42C290

monochromatic

#682260 #96318B #C242B4 #D170C6 #E09FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C242B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C242B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242B4

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242B4	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D6CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.206 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880cb',
    500: '#c242b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242b4;
$custom-light: #d880cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.563,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59844,
    "c": 0.20619,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242B4

secondary

#94CC9A

accent

#DB5D4D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242B4

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

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