#C231C5#C231C5

#C231C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.238 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C231C5
RGB	rgb(194, 49, 197)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 75.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 72.19, -46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 85.85, 327.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.2001 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.238 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4240, 17.6996, 54.4684)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C231C5 #34C531

analogous

#7831C5 #C231C5 #C5317E

triadic

#C231C5 #C5C231 #31C5C2

tetradic

#C231C5 #C57831 #34C531 #317EC5

square

#C231C5 #C57831 #34C531 #317EC5

split-complementary

#C231C5 #7EC531 #31C578

monochromatic

#611963 #922594 #C231C5 #D45DD7 #E18EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C231C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C231C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C231C5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C231C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C231C5	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c231c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 49, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.238 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d979d7',
    500: '#c231c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c231c5;
$custom-light: #d979d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c231c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.784,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59295,
    "c": 0.23806,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C231C5

secondary

#86CD85

accent

#E34448

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C231C5

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

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