#C842B6#C842B6

#C842B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.211 H 333.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842B6
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 182)
HSL	hsl(308, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(308, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 9%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 65.45, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 73.85, 332.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.1893 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.211 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2113, 19.5560, 46.2197)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842B6 #42C854

analogous

#9742C8 #C842B6 #C84273

triadic

#C842B6 #B6C842 #42B6C8

tetradic

#C842B6 #C89742 #42C854 #4273C8

square

#C842B6 #C89742 #42C854 #4273C8

split-complementary

#C842B6 #73C842 #42C897

monochromatic

#6F2065 #9F2E90 #C842B6 #D671C8 #E4A1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C842B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C842B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842B6

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842B6	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F6EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.211 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81cc',
    500: '#c842b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842b6;
$custom-light: #dc81cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.06,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60813,
    "c": 0.21117,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842B6

secondary

#96D09E

accent

#DE5E4A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842B6

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

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