#C242B7#C242B7

#C242B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.208 H 331.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242B7
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 5.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 64.14, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 73.69, 330.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1831 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.208 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7435, 18.7871, 46.6923)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242B7 #42C24D

analogous

#8D42C2 #C242B7 #C24277

triadic

#C242B7 #B7C242 #42B7C2

tetradic

#C242B7 #C28D42 #42C24D #4277C2

square

#C242B7 #C28D42 #42C24D #4277C2

split-complementary

#C242B7 #77C242 #42C28D

monochromatic

#682262 #96318E #C242B7 #D170C9 #E09FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C242B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C242B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242B7

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242B7	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.208 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880cd',
    500: '#c242b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242b7;
$custom-light: #d880cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.156,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59997,
    "c": 0.20848,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242B7

secondary

#94CC98

accent

#DB594D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242B7

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

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