#C842C6#C842C6

#C842C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.223 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842C6
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 1%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 67.99, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 80.04, 328.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1904 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.223 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9603, 20.2555, 55.4308)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842C6 #42C844

analogous

#8742C8 #C842C6 #C84283

triadic

#C842C6 #C6C842 #42C6C8

tetradic

#C842C6 #C88742 #42C844 #4283C8

square

#C842C6 #C88742 #42C844 #4283C8

split-complementary

#C842C6 #83C842 #42C887

monochromatic

#6F206E #9F2E9D #C842C6 #D671D4 #E4A1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C842C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#C842C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842C6

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842C6	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3071CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE547F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.223 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d8',
    500: '#c842c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842c6;
$custom-light: #dc81d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.896,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61644,
    "c": 0.22332,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842C6

secondary

#96D097

accent

#DE4C4A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842C6

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

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