#C842C7#C842C7

#C842C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.224 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842C7
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(300, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 0.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 68.15, -42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 80.44, 327.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.1904 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.224 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0760, 20.3018, 56.0403)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842C7 #42C843

analogous

#8642C8 #C842C7 #C84284

triadic

#C842C7 #C7C842 #42C7C8

tetradic

#C842C7 #C88642 #42C843 #4284C8

square

#C842C7 #C88642 #42C843 #4284C8

split-complementary

#C842C7 #84C842 #42C886

monochromatic

#6F206F #9F2E9E #C842C7 #D671D5 #E4A1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C842C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C842C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842C7

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842C7	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F71CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE547F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.224 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d8',
    500: '#c842c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842c7;
$custom-light: #dc81d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.448,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61698,
    "c": 0.22411,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842C7

secondary

#96D096

accent

#DE4B4A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842C7

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

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