#C842B2#C842B2

#C842B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.208 H 335.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842B2
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(310, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(310, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 64.84, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 72.39, 333.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.1889 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.208 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8039, 19.3930, 44.0737)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842B2 #42C858

analogous

#9B42C8 #C842B2 #C8426F

triadic

#C842B2 #B2C842 #42B2C8

tetradic

#C842B2 #C89B42 #42C858 #426FC8

square

#C842B2 #C89B42 #42C858 #426FC8

split-complementary

#C842B2 #6FC842 #42C89B

monochromatic

#6F2062 #9F2E8C #C842B2 #D671C5 #E4A1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#C842B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#C842B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842B2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842B2	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#426DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D24B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.208 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81c9',
    500: '#c842b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842b2;
$custom-light: #dc81c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.851,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60616,
    "c": 0.20825,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842B2

secondary

#96D09F

accent

#DE624A

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842B2

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

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