#C842CD#C842CD

#C842CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.229 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842CD
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(298, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 69.15, -45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 82.87, 326.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.1906 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.229 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7864, 20.5860, 59.7817)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842CD #47CD42

analogous

#8242CD #C842CD #CD428C

triadic

#C842CD #CDC842 #42CDC8

tetradic

#C842CD #CD8242 #47CD42 #428CCD

square

#C842CD #CD8242 #47CD42 #428CCD

split-complementary

#C842CD #8CCD42 #42CD82

monochromatic

#721F76 #A22CA6 #C842CD #D672DA #E4A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#C842CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#C842CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842CD

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842CD	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2772D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.229 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81dd',
    500: '#c842cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842cd;
$custom-light: #dc81dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.842,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62029,
    "c": 0.22885,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842CD

secondary

#9AD397

accent

#E1464C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842CD

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

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