#C842C2#C842C2

#C842C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.220 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842C2
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 3%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 67.34, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 78.45, 329.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.1902 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.22 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5050, 20.0734, 53.0330)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842C2 #42C848

analogous

#8B42C8 #C842C2 #C8427F

triadic

#C842C2 #C2C842 #42C2C8

tetradic

#C842C2 #C88B42 #42C848 #427FC8

square

#C842C2 #C88B42 #42C848 #427FC8

split-complementary

#C842C2 #7FC842 #42C88B

monochromatic

#6F206C #9F2E9A #C842C2 #D671D1 #E4A1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C842C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C842C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842C2

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842C2	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	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)

#3470C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF527D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.220 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d5',
    500: '#c842c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842c2;
$custom-light: #dc81d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.687,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6143,
    "c": 0.22022,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842C2

secondary

#96D098

accent

#DE504A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842C2

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

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