#C842CA#C842CA

#C842CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.226 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842CA
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(299, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 68.65, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 81.65, 327.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1905 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.226 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4277, 20.4425, 57.8928)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842CA #44CA42

analogous

#8442CA #C842CA #CA4288

triadic

#C842CA #CAC842 #42CAC8

tetradic

#C842CA #CA8442 #44CA42 #4288CA

square

#C842CA #CA8442 #44CA42 #4288CA

split-complementary

#C842CA #88CA42 #42CA84

monochromatic

#712072 #A02DA2 #C842CA #D672D7 #E4A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C842CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C842CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842CA

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842CA	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B72CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.226 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81da',
    500: '#c842ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842ca;
$custom-light: #dc81da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.118,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61862,
    "c": 0.22646,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842CA

secondary

#97D196

accent

#DF484B

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842CA

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

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