#C231B8#C231B8

#C231B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.229 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C231B8
RGB	rgb(194, 49, 184)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 5.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 70.15, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 80.77, 330.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.2001 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.229 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9981, 17.1292, 46.9591)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C231B8 #31C23B

analogous

#8431C2 #C231B8 #C2316F

triadic

#C231B8 #B8C231 #31B8C2

tetradic

#C231B8 #C28431 #31C23B #316FC2

square

#C231B8 #C28431 #31C23B #316FC2

split-complementary

#C231B8 #6FC231 #31C284

monochromatic

#60185B #91258A #C231B8 #D65BCD #E28CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C231B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#C231B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C231B8

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C231B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C231B8	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2266BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c231b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 49, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.229 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d879ce',
    500: '#c231b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c231b8;
$custom-light: #d879ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c231b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.138,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58562,
    "c": 0.22851,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C231B8

secondary

#83CC88

accent

#E35045

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C231B8

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

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