#C242BE#C242BE

#C242BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.214 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242BE
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 65.28, -39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 76.45, 328.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.1836 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.214 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4903, 19.0859, 50.6252)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242BE #42C246

analogous

#8642C2 #C242BE #C2427E

triadic

#C242BE #BEC242 #42BEC2

tetradic

#C242BE #C28642 #42C246 #427EC2

square

#C242BE #C28642 #42C246 #427EC2

split-complementary

#C242BE #7EC242 #42C286

monochromatic

#682266 #963193 #C242BE #D170CE #E09FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C242BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C242BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242BE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242BE	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9527B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.214 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880d2',
    500: '#c242be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242be;
$custom-light: #d880d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.875,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60364,
    "c": 0.21393,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242BE

secondary

#94CC95

accent

#DB524D

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242BE

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

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