#C842ED#C842ED

#C842ED is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.255 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C842ED
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 237)
HSL	hsl(287, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 74.78, -60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 96.42, 320.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.1892 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.255 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0515, 22.2920, 82.2448)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C842ED #67ED42

analogous

#7342ED #C842ED #ED42BC

triadic

#C842ED #EDC842 #42EDC8

tetradic

#C842ED #ED7342 #67ED42 #42BCED

square

#C842ED #ED7342 #67ED42 #42BCED

split-complementary

#C842ED #BCED42 #42ED73

monochromatic

#8510A5 #B215DD #C842ED #D87AF2 #E9B2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#C842ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#C842ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C842ED

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C842ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C842ED	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4986E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c842ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.255 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd83f4',
    500: '#c842ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c842ed;
$custom-light: #dd83f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c842ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.018,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63937,
    "c": 0.25506,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C842ED

secondary

#B3E7A4

accent

#F92F5B

background

#FEF8FF

surface

#FCF0FE

border

#D5CBD6

text

#160C17

muted

#847D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C842ED

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

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