#C842C0#C842C0

#C842C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.219 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842C0
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 192)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(304, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 4%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 67.02, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 77.67, 329.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.1901 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.219 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2819, 19.9842, 51.8580)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842C0 #42C84A

analogous

#8D42C8 #C842C0 #C8427D

triadic

#C842C0 #C0C842 #42C0C8

tetradic

#C842C0 #C88D42 #42C84A #427DC8

square

#C842C0 #C88D42 #42C84A #427DC8

split-complementary

#C842C0 #7DC842 #42C88D

monochromatic

#6F206B #9F2E98 #C842C0 #D671D0 #E4A1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C842C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C842C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842C0

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842C0	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3670C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF517C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.219 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d3',
    500: '#c842c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842c0;
$custom-light: #dc81d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.582,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61325,
    "c": 0.21868,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842C0

secondary

#96D099

accent

#DE524A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842C0

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

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