#C236B1#C236B1

#C236B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.218 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236B1
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 177)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 8.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 67.51, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 76.33, 332.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1952 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.218 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5033, 17.2846, 43.2635)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236B1 #36C247

analogous

#8D36C2 #C236B1 #C2366B

triadic

#C236B1 #B1C236 #36B1C2

tetradic

#C236B1 #C28D36 #36C247 #366BC2

square

#C236B1 #C28D36 #36C247 #366BC2

split-complementary

#C236B1 #6BC236 #36C28D

monochromatic

#621B5A #922985 #C236B1 #D362C6 #E192D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C236B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C236B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236B1

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236B1	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3167B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.218 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87ac8',
    500: '#c236b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236b1;
$custom-light: #d87ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58586,
    "c": 0.21827,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236B1

secondary

#88CC90

accent

#E05A48

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236B1

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

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