#C234C9#C234C9

#C234C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.238 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C234C9
RGB	rgb(194, 52, 201)
HSL	hsl(297, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(297, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 74.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 71.93, -47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 86.44, 326.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.1974 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.238 326)
XYZ	xyz(34.0181, 18.1447, 56.9575)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C234C9 #3BC934

analogous

#7734C9 #C234C9 #C93486

triadic

#C234C9 #C9C234 #34C9C2

tetradic

#C234C9 #C97734 #3BC934 #3486C9

square

#C234C9 #C97734 #3BC934 #3486C9

split-complementary

#C234C9 #86C934 #34C977

monochromatic

#641B68 #932798 #C234C9 #D163D7 #E094E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C234C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C234C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C234C9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C234C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C234C9	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c234c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 52, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.238 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87ada',
    500: '#c234c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c234c9;
$custom-light: #d87ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c234c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.181,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59754,
    "c": 0.23817,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.18142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C234C9

secondary

#8ECE8A

accent

#E2464D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C234C9

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

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