#C842B5#C842B5

#C842B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.210 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842B5
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 181)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(309, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 9.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 65.30, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 73.48, 332.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.1892 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.21 334)
XYZ	xyz(34.1084, 19.5148, 45.6774)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842B5 #42C855

analogous

#9842C8 #C842B5 #C84272

triadic

#C842B5 #B5C842 #42B5C8

tetradic

#C842B5 #C89842 #42C855 #4272C8

square

#C842B5 #C89842 #42C855 #4272C8

split-complementary

#C842B5 #72C842 #42C898

monochromatic

#6F2064 #9F2E8F #C842B5 #D671C8 #E4A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C842B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C842B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842B5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842B5	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.210 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81cb',
    500: '#c842b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842b5;
$custom-light: #dc81cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.507,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60763,
    "c": 0.21043,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.19512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842B5

secondary

#96D09E

accent

#DE5F4A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842B5

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

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