#C842C3#C842C3

#C842C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.221 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842C3
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(302, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 2.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 67.50, -40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 78.85, 328.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.1903 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.221 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6177, 20.1185, 53.6265)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842C3 #42C847

analogous

#8A42C8 #C842C3 #C84280

triadic

#C842C3 #C3C842 #42C3C8

tetradic

#C842C3 #C88A42 #42C847 #4280C8

square

#C842C3 #C88A42 #42C847 #4280C8

split-complementary

#C842C3 #80C842 #42C88A

monochromatic

#6F206C #9F2E9A #C842C3 #D671D2 #E4A1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C842C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C842C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842C3

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842C3	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3370C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF537D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.221 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d5',
    500: '#c842c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842c3;
$custom-light: #dc81d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.239,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61483,
    "c": 0.22099,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842C3

secondary

#96D098

accent

#DE4F4A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842C3

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

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