#C842CC#C842CC

#C842CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.228 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842CC
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(298, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 68.98, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 82.46, 326.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.1906 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.228 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6661, 20.5379, 59.1480)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842CC #46CC42

analogous

#8342CC #C842CC #CC428B

triadic

#C842CC #CCC842 #42CCC8

tetradic

#C842CC #CC8342 #46CC42 #428BCC

square

#C842CC #CC8342 #46CC42 #428BCC

split-complementary

#C842CC #8BCC42 #42CC83

monochromatic

#721F74 #A12CA4 #C842CC #D672D9 #E4A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C842CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#C842CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842CC

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842CC	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2872D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.228 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81dc',
    500: '#c842cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842cc;
$custom-light: #dc81dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61973,
    "c": 0.22805,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842CC

secondary

#99D397

accent

#E1474C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFB

border

#D5CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842CC

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

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