#C242BD#C242BD

#C242BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.213 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242BD
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 189)
HSL	hsl(302, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 65.11, -39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 76.05, 328.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1836 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.213 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3814, 19.0423, 50.0516)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242BD #42C247

analogous

#8742C2 #C242BD #C2427D

triadic

#C242BD #BDC242 #42BDC2

tetradic

#C242BD #C28742 #42C247 #427DC2

square

#C242BD #C28742 #42C247 #427DC2

split-complementary

#C242BD #7DC242 #42C287

monochromatic

#682265 #963192 #C242BD #D170CD #E09FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C242BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#C242BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242BD

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242BD	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9527A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.213 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880d1',
    500: '#c242bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242bd;
$custom-light: #d880d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.344,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60311,
    "c": 0.21314,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242BD

secondary

#94CC96

accent

#DB534D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242BD

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

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