#C842BD#C842BD

#C842BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.216 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842BD
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 189)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(305, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 66.54, -37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 76.51, 330.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.1899 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.216 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9529, 19.8526, 50.1253)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842BD #42C84D

analogous

#9042C8 #C842BD #C8427A

triadic

#C842BD #BDC842 #42BDC8

tetradic

#C842BD #C89042 #42C84D #427AC8

square

#C842BD #C89042 #42C84D #427AC8

split-complementary

#C842BD #7AC842 #42C890

monochromatic

#6F2069 #9F2E95 #C842BD #D671CE #E4A1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C842BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#C842BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842BD

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842BD	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0507A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.216 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d1',
    500: '#c842bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842bd;
$custom-light: #dc81d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.925,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61168,
    "c": 0.2164,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842BD

secondary

#96D09A

accent

#DE564A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842BD

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

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