#C221A9#C221A9

#C221A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.232 H 335.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C221A9
RGB	rgb(194, 33, 169)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 12.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 72.11, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 80.02, 334.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.2118 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.232 335.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9539, 15.4245, 38.9281)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C221A9 #21C23A

analogous

#8B21C2 #C221A9 #C22158

triadic

#C221A9 #A9C221 #21A9C2

tetradic

#C221A9 #C28B21 #21C23A #2158C2

square

#C221A9 #C28B21 #21C23A #2158C2

split-complementary

#C221A9 #58C221 #21C28B

monochromatic

#590F4E #8E187B #C221A9 #DF41C6 #E876D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C221A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C221A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C221A9

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C221A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C221A9	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6176A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c221a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 33, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.232 335.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d972c3',
    500: '#c221a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c221a9;
$custom-light: #d972c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c221a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.317,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56729,
    "c": 0.23203,
    "h": 335.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C221A9

secondary

#70CF7F

accent

#EE563A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #C221A9

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

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