#C234AE#C234AE

#C234AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.218 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C234AE
RGB	rgb(194, 52, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(308, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 10.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 67.71, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 75.97, 333.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1969 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.218 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1164, 16.9840, 41.6756)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C234AE #34C248

analogous

#8F34C2 #C234AE #C23467

triadic

#C234AE #AEC234 #34AEC2

tetradic

#C234AE #C28F34 #34C248 #3467C2

square

#C234AE #C28F34 #34C248 #3467C2

split-complementary

#C234AE #67C234 #34C28F

monochromatic

#611A57 #922783 #C234AE #D45FC4 #E18FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C234AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#C234AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C234AE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C234AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C234AE	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3265B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB416E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c234ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 52, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.218 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d879c6',
    500: '#c234ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c234ae;
$custom-light: #d879c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c234ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.451,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58266,
    "c": 0.21831,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C234AE

secondary

#86CC90

accent

#E15D47

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C234AE

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

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