#C842BE#C842BE

#C842BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.217 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842BE
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(304, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 66.70, -38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 76.89, 330.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.19 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.217 331)
XYZ	xyz(35.0618, 19.8962, 50.6989)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842BE #42C84C

analogous

#8F42C8 #C842BE #C8427B

triadic

#C842BE #BEC842 #42BEC8

tetradic

#C842BE #C88F42 #42C84C #427BC8

square

#C842BE #C88F42 #42C84C #427BC8

split-complementary

#C842BE #7BC842 #42C88F

monochromatic

#6F2069 #9F2E96 #C842BE #D671CE #E4A1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#C842BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#C842BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842BE

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842BE	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0517B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.217 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d2',
    500: '#c842be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842be;
$custom-light: #dc81d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.478,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6122,
    "c": 0.21716,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.19893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842BE

secondary

#96D09A

accent

#DE554A

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842BE

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

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