#C235BD#C235BD

#C235BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.228 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C235BD
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 189)
HSL	hsl(302, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(302, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 69.68, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 81.28, 329.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1966 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.228 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7063, 17.6922, 49.8266)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C235BD #35C23A

analogous

#8035C2 #C235BD #C23576

triadic

#C235BD #BDC235 #35BDC2

tetradic

#C235BD #C28035 #35C23A #3576C2

square

#C235BD #C28035 #35C23A #3576C2

split-complementary

#C235BD #76C235 #35C280

monochromatic

#621B5F #92288E #C235BD #D460D0 #E191DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C235BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C235BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C235BD

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C235BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C235BD	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2169C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c235bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.228 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87ad1',
    500: '#c235bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c235bd;
$custom-light: #d87ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c235bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.128,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59148,
    "c": 0.2281,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C235BD

secondary

#87CC8A

accent

#E04D47

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C235BD

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

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