#C236AC#C236AC

#C236AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.215 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236AC
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 172)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 11.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 66.76, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 74.50, 333.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1948 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.215 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0141, 17.0890, 40.6868)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236AC #36C24C

analogous

#9236C2 #C236AC #C23666

triadic

#C236AC #ACC236 #36ACC2

tetradic

#C236AC #C29236 #36C24C #3666C2

square

#C236AC #C29236 #36C24C #3666C2

split-complementary

#C236AC #66C236 #36C292

monochromatic

#621B57 #922982 #C236AC #D362C1 #E192D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C236AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C236AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236AC

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236AC	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3666AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC416D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.215 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87ac5',
    500: '#c236ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236ac;
$custom-light: #d87ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5833,
    "c": 0.21473,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236AC

secondary

#88CC93

accent

#E06048

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236AC

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

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