#C842C1#C842C1

#C842C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.219 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842C1
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 193)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 3.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 67.18, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 78.06, 329.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.1902 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.219 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3931, 20.0287, 52.4435)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842C1 #42C849

analogous

#8C42C8 #C842C1 #C8427E

triadic

#C842C1 #C1C842 #42C1C8

tetradic

#C842C1 #C88C42 #42C849 #427EC8

square

#C842C1 #C88C42 #42C849 #427EC8

split-complementary

#C842C1 #7EC842 #42C88C

monochromatic

#6F206B #9F2E99 #C842C1 #D671D1 #E4A1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C842C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C842C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842C1

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842C1	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3570C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF527C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.219 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d4',
    500: '#c842c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842c1;
$custom-light: #dc81d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.134,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61377,
    "c": 0.21945,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842C1

secondary

#96D099

accent

#DE514A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842C1

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

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