#C840C8#C840C8

#C840C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.227 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C840C8
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(300, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 69.04, -43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 81.68, 327.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1925 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.227 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0777, 20.1188, 56.6155)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C840C8 #40C840

analogous

#8440C8 #C840C8 #C84084

triadic

#C840C8 #C8C840 #40C8C8

tetradic

#C840C8 #C88440 #40C840 #4084C8

square

#C840C8 #C88440 #40C840 #4084C8

split-complementary

#C840C8 #84C840 #40C884

monochromatic

#6E206E #9D2D9D #C840C8 #D670D6 #E39FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C840C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C840C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C840C8

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C840C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C840C8	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A71CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE547F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c840c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.227 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc80d9',
    500: '#c840c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c840c8;
$custom-light: #dc80d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c840c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61567,
    "c": 0.22725,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C840C8

secondary

#94D094

accent

#DF4949

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C840C8

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

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