#C842D5#C842D5

#C842D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.235 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842D5
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(295, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 70.51, -49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 86.18, 324.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1906 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.235 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7768, 20.9822, 64.9981)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842D5 #4FD542

analogous

#7F42D5 #C842D5 #D54298

triadic

#C842D5 #D5C842 #42D5C8

tetradic

#C842D5 #D57F42 #4FD542 #4298D5

square

#C842D5 #D57F42 #4FD542 #4298D5

split-complementary

#C842D5 #98D542 #42D57F

monochromatic

#771C80 #A628B2 #C842D5 #D774E0 #E5A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#C842D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#C842D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842D5

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842D5	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1874D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.235 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc82e2',
    500: '#c842d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842d5;
$custom-light: #dc82e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.694,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62483,
    "c": 0.23526,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842D5

secondary

#A0D89A

accent

#E74150

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842D5

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

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