#C236AE#C236AE

#C236AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.216 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236AE
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 10.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 67.06, -34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 75.23, 333.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.195 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.216 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2076, 17.1664, 41.7060)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236AE #36C24A

analogous

#9036C2 #C236AE #C23668

triadic

#C236AE #AEC236 #36AEC2

tetradic

#C236AE #C29036 #36C24A #3668C2

square

#C236AE #C29036 #36C24A #3668C2

split-complementary

#C236AE #68C236 #36C290

monochromatic

#621B58 #922983 #C236AE #D362C3 #E192D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#C236AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#C236AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236AE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236AE	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3466B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB426E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.216 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87ac6',
    500: '#c236ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236ae;
$custom-light: #d87ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58431,
    "c": 0.21614,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236AE

secondary

#88CC92

accent

#E05E48

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236AE

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

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