#C235B5#C235B5

#C235B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.222 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C235B5
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 181)
HSL	hsl(306, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 6.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 68.44, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 78.20, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1964 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.222 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8618, 17.3543, 45.3787)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C235B5 #35C242

analogous

#8835C2 #C235B5 #C2356E

triadic

#C235B5 #B5C235 #35B5C2

tetradic

#C235B5 #C28835 #35C242 #356EC2

square

#C235B5 #C28835 #35C242 #356EC2

split-complementary

#C235B5 #6EC235 #35C288

monochromatic

#621B5B #922888 #C235B5 #D460C9 #E191D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C235B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C235B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C235B5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C235B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C235B5	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C67B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c235b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.222 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87acb',
    500: '#c235b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c235b5;
$custom-light: #d87acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c235b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.532,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58713,
    "c": 0.22223,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C235B5

secondary

#87CC8E

accent

#E05647

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C235B5

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

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