#C231B4#C231B4

#C231B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.226 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C231B4
RGB	rgb(194, 49, 180)
HSL	hsl(306, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 7.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 69.54, -38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 79.25, 331.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.2 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.226 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5848, 16.9639, 44.7820)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C231B4 #31C23F

analogous

#8731C2 #C231B4 #C2316C

triadic

#C231B4 #B4C231 #31B4C2

tetradic

#C231B4 #C28731 #31C23F #316CC2

square

#C231B4 #C28731 #31C23F #316CC2

split-complementary

#C231B4 #6CC231 #31C287

monochromatic

#601859 #912587 #C231B4 #D65BCA #E28CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C231B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C231B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C231B4

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C231B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C231B4	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2865B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c231b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 49, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.226 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d878cb',
    500: '#c231b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c231b4;
$custom-light: #d878cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c231b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.793,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58346,
    "c": 0.22565,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C231B4

secondary

#83CC8A

accent

#E35445

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C231B4

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

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