#C842C4#C842C4

#C842C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.222 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842C4
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(302, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 2%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 67.66, -41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 79.24, 328.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1903 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.222 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7311, 20.1639, 54.2239)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842C4 #42C846

analogous

#8942C8 #C842C4 #C84281

triadic

#C842C4 #C4C842 #42C4C8

tetradic

#C842C4 #C88942 #42C846 #4281C8

square

#C842C4 #C88942 #42C846 #4281C8

split-complementary

#C842C4 #81C842 #42C889

monochromatic

#6F206D #9F2E9B #C842C4 #D671D3 #E4A1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C842C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C842C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842C4

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842C4	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3271C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF537E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.222 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d6',
    500: '#c842c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842c4;
$custom-light: #dc81d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.791,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61537,
    "c": 0.22177,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842C4

secondary

#96D097

accent

#DE4E4A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842C4

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

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