#C242BC#C242BC

#C242BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.212 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242BC
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 64.95, -38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 75.65, 329.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1835 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.212 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2732, 18.9990, 49.4819)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242BC #42C248

analogous

#8842C2 #C242BC #C2427C

triadic

#C242BC #BCC242 #42BCC2

tetradic

#C242BC #C28842 #42C248 #427CC2

square

#C242BC #C28842 #42C248 #427CC2

split-complementary

#C242BC #7CC242 #42C288

monochromatic

#682265 #963192 #C242BC #D170CC #E09FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C242BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C242BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242BC

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242BC	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#366EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9517A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.212 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880d0',
    500: '#c242bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242bc;
$custom-light: #d880d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.813,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60258,
    "c": 0.21236,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242BC

secondary

#94CC96

accent

#DB544D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242BC

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

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