#C231B3#C231B3

#C231B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.225 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C231B3
RGB	rgb(194, 49, 179)
HSL	hsl(306, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 7.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 69.39, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 78.88, 331.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1999 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.225 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4833, 16.9233, 44.2475)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C231B3 #31C240

analogous

#8931C2 #C231B3 #C2316A

triadic

#C231B3 #B3C231 #31B3C2

tetradic

#C231B3 #C28931 #31C240 #316AC2

square

#C231B3 #C28931 #31C240 #316AC2

split-complementary

#C231B3 #6AC231 #31C289

monochromatic

#601859 #912586 #C231B3 #D65BC9 #E28CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C231B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C231B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C231B3

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C231B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C231B3	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2965B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c231b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 49, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.225 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d878ca',
    500: '#c231b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c231b3;
$custom-light: #d878ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c231b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.207,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58292,
    "c": 0.22493,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C231B3

secondary

#83CC8A

accent

#E35545

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C231B3

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

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