#C242BF#C242BF

#C242BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.215 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C242BF
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(301, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(301, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 65.44, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 76.85, 328.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.1837 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.215 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6000, 19.1297, 51.2028)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C242BF #42C245

analogous

#8542C2 #C242BF #C2427F

triadic

#C242BF #BFC242 #42BFC2

tetradic

#C242BF #C28542 #42C245 #427FC2

square

#C242BF #C28542 #42C245 #427FC2

split-complementary

#C242BF #7FC242 #42C285

monochromatic

#682266 #963194 #C242BF #D170CF #E09FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C242BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C242BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C242BF

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C242BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C242BF	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8527B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c242bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.215 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d880d3',
    500: '#c242bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c242bf;
$custom-light: #d880d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c242bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.406,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60417,
    "c": 0.21471,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C242BF

secondary

#94CC95

accent

#DB504D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C242BF

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

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