#C842CE#C842CE

#C842CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.230 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842CE
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(297, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 69.32, -46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 83.28, 326.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.1906 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.23 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9075, 20.6344, 60.4194)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842CE #48CE42

analogous

#8242CE #C842CE #CE428E

triadic

#C842CE #CEC842 #42CEC8

tetradic

#C842CE #CE8242 #48CE42 #428ECE

square

#C842CE #CE8242 #48CE42 #428ECE

split-complementary

#C842CE #8ECE42 #42CE82

monochromatic

#731F77 #A22BA7 #C842CE #D673DB #E4A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#C842CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#C842CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842CE

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842CE	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2573D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.230 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc81dd',
    500: '#c842ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842ce;
$custom-light: #dc81dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62084,
    "c": 0.22964,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842CE

secondary

#9AD498

accent

#E2464C

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#150B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842CE

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

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