#C242B5#C242B5

#C242B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.207 H 332.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242B5
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 181)
HSL	hsl(306, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(306, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 6.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, 63.82, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 72.92, 331.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.183 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.207 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5369, 18.7045, 45.6038)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242B5 #42C24F

analogous

#8F42C2 #C242B5 #C24275

triadic

#C242B5 #B5C242 #42B5C2

tetradic

#C242B5 #C28F42 #42C24F #4275C2

square

#C242B5 #C28F42 #42C24F #4275C2

split-complementary

#C242B5 #75C242 #42C28F

monochromatic

#682261 #96318C #C242B5 #D170C7 #E09FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C242B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C242B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242B5

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242B5	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.207 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880cb',
    500: '#c242b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242b5;
$custom-light: #d880cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.094,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59894,
    "c": 0.20695,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242B5

secondary

#94CC99

accent

#DB5C4D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242B5

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

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