#C232B5#C232B5

#C232B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.225 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C232B5
RGB	rgb(194, 50, 181)
HSL	hsl(305, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 6.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 69.38, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 79.28, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1991 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.225 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7293, 17.0894, 45.3346)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C232B5 #32C23F

analogous

#8732C2 #C232B5 #C2326D

triadic

#C232B5 #B5C232 #32B5C2

tetradic

#C232B5 #C28732 #32C23F #326DC2

square

#C232B5 #C28732 #32C23F #326DC2

split-complementary

#C232B5 #6DC232 #32C287

monochromatic

#61195A #912588 #C232B5 #D55CCA #E28DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C232B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C232B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C232B5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C232B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C232B5	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2866B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c232b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 50, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.225 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d879cb',
    500: '#c232b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c232b5;
$custom-light: #d879cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c232b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.417,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58476,
    "c": 0.22536,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C232B5

secondary

#84CC8A

accent

#E25446

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C232B5

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

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