#C842D8#C842D8

#C842D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.238 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842D8
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(294, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 71.03, -51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 87.44, 324.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.1905 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.238 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1611, 21.1359, 67.0220)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842D8 #52D842

analogous

#7D42D8 #C842D8 #D8429D

triadic

#C842D8 #D8C842 #42D8C8

tetradic

#C842D8 #D87D42 #52D842 #429DD8

square

#C842D8 #D87D42 #52D842 #429DD8

split-complementary

#C842D8 #9DD842 #42D87D

monochromatic

#791B84 #A826B7 #C842D8 #D775E2 #E6A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#C842D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#C842D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842D8

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842D8	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F75DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A84D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.238 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd82e5',
    500: '#c842d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842d8;
$custom-light: #dd82e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62657,
    "c": 0.23769,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842D8

secondary

#A2DA9C

accent

#E93F51

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FC

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160B16

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842D8

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

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