#C842D6#C842D6

#C842D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.236 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842D6
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(294, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 70.68, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 86.60, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1905 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.236 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9042, 21.0331, 65.6686)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842D6 #50D642

analogous

#7E42D6 #C842D6 #D6429A

triadic

#C842D6 #D6C842 #42D6C8

tetradic

#C842D6 #D67E42 #50D642 #429AD6

square

#C842D6 #D67E42 #50D642 #429AD6

split-complementary

#C842D6 #9AD642 #42D67E

monochromatic

#781C82 #A627B4 #C842D6 #D774E1 #E5A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#C842D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#C842D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842D6

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842D6	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1574DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.236 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd82e3',
    500: '#c842d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842d6;
$custom-light: #dd82e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.324,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62541,
    "c": 0.23608,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842D6

secondary

#A1D99B

accent

#E74050

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160B15

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842D6

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

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