#C842D2#C842D2

#C842D2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.233 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842D2
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(296, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 69.99, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 84.93, 325.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.1906 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.233 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3996, 20.8313, 63.0112)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842D2 #4CD242

analogous

#8042D2 #C842D2 #D24294

triadic

#C842D2 #D2C842 #42D2C8

tetradic

#C842D2 #D28042 #4CD242 #4294D2

square

#C842D2 #D28042 #4CD242 #4294D2

split-complementary

#C842D2 #94D242 #42D280

monochromatic

#751E7C #A429AD #C842D2 #D673DE #E5A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#C842D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#C842D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842D2

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842D2	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E73D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.233 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc82e0',
    500: '#c842d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842d2;
$custom-light: #dc82e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.833,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62311,
    "c": 0.23284,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842D2

secondary

#9ED799

accent

#E5434E

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842D2

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

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