#C242BB#C242BB

#C242BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.212 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242BB
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(303, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 3.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 64.79, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 75.25, 329.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.1834 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.212 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1658, 18.9560, 48.9161)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242BB #42C249

analogous

#8942C2 #C242BB #C2427B

triadic

#C242BB #BBC242 #42BBC2

tetradic

#C242BB #C28942 #42C249 #427BC2

square

#C242BB #C28942 #42C249 #427BC2

split-complementary

#C242BB #7BC242 #42C289

monochromatic

#682264 #963191 #C242BB #D170CC #E09FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C242BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C242BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242BB

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242BB	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.212 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880d0',
    500: '#c242bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242bb;
$custom-light: #d880d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.281,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60205,
    "c": 0.21158,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242BB

secondary

#94CC97

accent

#DB554D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242BB

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

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