#C842D3#C842D3

#C842D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.234 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842D3
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(295, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 70.16, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 85.35, 325.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.1906 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.234 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5246, 20.8813, 63.6694)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842D3 #4DD342

analogous

#8042D3 #C842D3 #D34296

triadic

#C842D3 #D3C842 #42D3C8

tetradic

#C842D3 #D38042 #4DD342 #4296D3

square

#C842D3 #D38042 #4DD342 #4296D3

split-complementary

#C842D3 #96D342 #42D380

monochromatic

#761D7D #A529AF #C842D3 #D674DF #E5A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#C842D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#C842D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842D3

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842D3	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C74D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.234 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc82e1',
    500: '#c842d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842d3;
$custom-light: #dc82e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.448,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62368,
    "c": 0.23364,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842D3

secondary

#9ED79A

accent

#E5424F

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842D3

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

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