#C842DF#C842DF

#C842DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.243 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842DF
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(291, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 72.25, -54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 90.40, 323.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.1902 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.243 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0854, 21.5056, 71.8900)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842DF #59DF42

analogous

#7A42DF #C842DF #DF42A8

triadic

#C842DF #DFC842 #42DFC8

tetradic

#C842DF #DF7A42 #59DF42 #42A8DF

square

#C842DF #DF7A42 #59DF42 #42A8DF

split-complementary

#C842DF #A8DF42 #42DF7A

monochromatic

#7D188E #AB21C3 #C842DF #D776E8 #E6ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#C842DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#C842DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842DF

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842DF	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5585DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.243 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd82ea',
    500: '#c842df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842df;
$custom-light: #dd82ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.21,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63072,
    "c": 0.24343,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842DF

secondary

#A8DF9E

accent

#EE3A54

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160B16

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842DF

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

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