#C842C5#C842C5

#C842C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.223 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842C5
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 1.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 67.82, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 79.64, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1904 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.223 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8453, 20.2096, 54.8254)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842C5 #42C845

analogous

#8842C8 #C842C5 #C84282

triadic

#C842C5 #C5C842 #42C5C8

tetradic

#C842C5 #C88842 #42C845 #4282C8

square

#C842C5 #C88842 #42C845 #4282C8

split-complementary

#C842C5 #82C842 #42C888

monochromatic

#6F206D #9F2E9C #C842C5 #D671D4 #E4A1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C842C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C842C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842C5

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842C5	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3171C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF547E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.223 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d7',
    500: '#c842c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842c5;
$custom-light: #dc81d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.343,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6159,
    "c": 0.22255,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842C5

secondary

#96D097

accent

#DE4D4A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842C5

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

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