#C234AD#C234AD

#C234AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.218 H 334.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C234AD
RGB	rgb(194, 52, 173)
HSL	hsl(309, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 10.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 67.56, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 75.61, 333.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1968 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.218 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0193, 16.9452, 41.1641)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C234AD #34C249

analogous

#9034C2 #C234AD #C23466

triadic

#C234AD #ADC234 #34ADC2

tetradic

#C234AD #C29034 #34C249 #3466C2

square

#C234AD #C29034 #34C249 #3466C2

split-complementary

#C234AD #66C234 #34C290

monochromatic

#611A57 #922782 #C234AD #D45FC3 #E18FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C234AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C234AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C234AD

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C234AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C234AD	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3365B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB406D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c234ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 52, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.218 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d879c6',
    500: '#c234ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c234ad;
$custom-light: #d879c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c234ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.873,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58215,
    "c": 0.2176,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C234AD

secondary

#86CC90

accent

#E15E47

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C234AD

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

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