#C231AE#C231AE

#C231AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.221 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C231AE
RGB	rgb(194, 49, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 10.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 68.65, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 77.04, 333.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1997 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.221 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9868, 16.7247, 41.6324)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C231AE #31C245

analogous

#8E31C2 #C231AE #C23165

triadic

#C231AE #AEC231 #31AEC2

tetradic

#C231AE #C28E31 #31C245 #3165C2

square

#C231AE #C28E31 #31C245 #3165C2

split-complementary

#C231AE #65C231 #31C28E

monochromatic

#601856 #912582 #C231AE #D65BC5 #E28CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#C231AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C231AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C231AE

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C231AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C231AE	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E64B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c231ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 49, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.221 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d878c6',
    500: '#c231ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c231ae;
$custom-light: #d878c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c231ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.276,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5803,
    "c": 0.22143,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C231AE

secondary

#83CC8D

accent

#E35B45

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C231AE

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

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