#C840D4#C840D4

#C840D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.237 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C840D4
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(295, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, 71.05, -49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 86.58, 325.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.1925 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.237 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5355, 20.7019, 64.2934)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C840D4 #4CD440

analogous

#7E40D4 #C840D4 #D44096

triadic

#C840D4 #D4C840 #40D4C8

tetradic

#C840D4 #D47E40 #4CD440 #4096D4

square

#C840D4 #D47E40 #4CD440 #4096D4

split-complementary

#C840D4 #96D440 #40D47E

monochromatic

#751C7D #A427AF #C840D4 #D672DF #E5A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#C840D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#C840D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C840D4

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C840D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C840D4	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1473D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c840d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.237 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd81e2',
    500: '#c840d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c840d4;
$custom-light: #dd81e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c840d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.135,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62244,
    "c": 0.23673,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C840D4

secondary

#9ED798

accent

#E6424F

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C840D4

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

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