#C842C8#C842C8

#C842C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.225 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842C8
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(300, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, 68.32, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 80.84, 327.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.1905 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.225 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1925, 20.3484, 56.6538)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842C8 #42C842

analogous

#8542C8 #C842C8 #C84285

triadic

#C842C8 #C8C842 #42C8C8

tetradic

#C842C8 #C88542 #42C842 #4285C8

square

#C842C8 #C88542 #42C842 #4285C8

split-complementary

#C842C8 #85C842 #42C885

monochromatic

#6F206F #9F2E9F #C842C8 #D671D6 #E4A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C842C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C842C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842C8

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842C8	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E71CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.225 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81d9',
    500: '#c842c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842c8;
$custom-light: #dc81d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61753,
    "c": 0.22489,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842C8

secondary

#96D096

accent

#DE4A4A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842C8

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

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