#C236AF#C236AF

#C236AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.217 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236AF
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 175)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 9.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 67.21, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 75.59, 332.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1951 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.217 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3054, 17.2055, 42.2214)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236AF #36C249

analogous

#8F36C2 #C236AF #C23669

triadic

#C236AF #AFC236 #36AFC2

tetradic

#C236AF #C28F36 #36C249 #3669C2

square

#C236AF #C28F36 #36C249 #3669C2

split-complementary

#C236AF #69C236 #36C28F

monochromatic

#621B59 #922984 #C236AF #D362C4 #E192D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C236AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C236AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236AF

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236AF	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3366B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB436F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.217 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87ac7',
    500: '#c236af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236af;
$custom-light: #d87ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58482,
    "c": 0.21685,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236AF

secondary

#88CC91

accent

#E05D48

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236AF

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

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