#C842B3#C842B3

#C842B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.209 H 334.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842B3
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 179)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(309, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 10.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 64.99, -32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 72.75, 333.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.189 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.209 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9046, 19.4333, 44.6044)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842B3 #42C857

analogous

#9A42C8 #C842B3 #C84270

triadic

#C842B3 #B3C842 #42B3C8

tetradic

#C842B3 #C89A42 #42C857 #4270C8

square

#C842B3 #C89A42 #42C857 #4270C8

split-complementary

#C842B3 #70C842 #42C89A

monochromatic

#6F2063 #9F2E8D #C842B3 #D671C6 #E4A1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#C842B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C842B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842B3

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842B3	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.209 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81ca',
    500: '#c842b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842b3;
$custom-light: #dc81ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.403,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60665,
    "c": 0.20898,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842B3

secondary

#96D09F

accent

#DE614A

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842B3

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

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