#C842B4#C842B4

#C842B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.210 H 334.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842B4
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 180)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(309, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 10%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 65.14, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 73.12, 332.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1891 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.21 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0061, 19.4739, 45.1390)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842B4 #42C856

analogous

#9942C8 #C842B4 #C84271

triadic

#C842B4 #B4C842 #42B4C8

tetradic

#C842B4 #C89942 #42C856 #4271C8

square

#C842B4 #C89942 #42C856 #4271C8

split-complementary

#C842B4 #71C842 #42C899

monochromatic

#6F2063 #9F2E8E #C842B4 #D671C7 #E4A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C842B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C842B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842B4

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842B4	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#406DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.210 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81cb',
    500: '#c842b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842b4;
$custom-light: #dc81cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.955,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60714,
    "c": 0.20971,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842B4

secondary

#96D09E

accent

#DE604A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842B4

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

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