#C235BE#C235BE

#C235BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.229 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C235BE
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(302, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 69.84, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 81.67, 328.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.1966 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.229 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8152, 17.7357, 50.4002)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C235BE #35C239

analogous

#7F35C2 #C235BE #C23577

triadic

#C235BE #BEC235 #35BEC2

tetradic

#C235BE #C27F35 #35C239 #3577C2

square

#C235BE #C27F35 #35C239 #3577C2

split-complementary

#C235BE #77C235 #35C27F

monochromatic

#621B60 #92288F #C235BE #D460D0 #E191DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C235BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C235BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C235BE

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C235BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C235BE	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2069C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c235be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.229 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87ad2',
    500: '#c235be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c235be;
$custom-light: #d87ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c235be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.702,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59203,
    "c": 0.22885,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C235BE

secondary

#87CC89

accent

#E04C47

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C235BE

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

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