#C842B9#C842B9

#C842B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.213 H 332.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842B9
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 185)
HSL	hsl(307, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(307, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 65.91, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 74.98, 331.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1896 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.213 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5247, 19.6813, 47.8700)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842B9 #42C851

analogous

#9442C8 #C842B9 #C84276

triadic

#C842B9 #B9C842 #42B9C8

tetradic

#C842B9 #C89442 #42C851 #4276C8

square

#C842B9 #C89442 #42C851 #4276C8

split-complementary

#C842B9 #76C842 #42C894

monochromatic

#6F2066 #9F2E92 #C842B9 #D671CB #E4A1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#C842B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#C842B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842B9

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842B9	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.213 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81ce',
    500: '#c842b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842b9;
$custom-light: #dc81ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.716,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60964,
    "c": 0.21339,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842B9

secondary

#96D09C

accent

#DE5A4A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842B9

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

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