#C842E2#C842E2

#C842E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.246 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842E2
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(290, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, 72.79, -55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 91.68, 322.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.1901 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.246 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4935, 21.6688, 74.0390)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C842E2 #5CE242

analogous

#7842E2 #C842E2 #E242AC

triadic

#C842E2 #E2C842 #42E2C8

tetradic

#C842E2 #E27842 #5CE242 #42ACE2

square

#C842E2 #E27842 #5CE242 #42ACE2

split-complementary

#C842E2 #ACE242 #42E278

monochromatic

#7F1793 #AD1FC8 #C842E2 #D777EA #E7ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#C842E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#C842E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842E2

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842E2	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5385DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9608E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.246 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd82ec',
    500: '#c842e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842e2;
$custom-light: #dd82ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63254,
    "c": 0.24591,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842E2

secondary

#AAE09F

accent

#F03856

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160B16

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842E2

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

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