#C242BA#C242BA

#C242BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.211 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242BA
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 4.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 64.62, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 74.86, 329.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1834 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.211 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0591, 18.9134, 48.3543)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242BA #42C24A

analogous

#8A42C2 #C242BA #C2427A

triadic

#C242BA #BAC242 #42BAC2

tetradic

#C242BA #C28A42 #42C24A #427AC2

square

#C242BA #C28A42 #42C24A #427AC2

split-complementary

#C242BA #7AC242 #42C28A

monochromatic

#682264 #963190 #C242BA #D170CB #E09FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C242BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#C242BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242BA

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242BA	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.211 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880cf',
    500: '#c242ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242ba;
$custom-light: #d880cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60153,
    "c": 0.2108,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242BA

secondary

#94CC97

accent

#DB564D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242BA

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

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