#C236B3#C236B3

#C236B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.220 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236B3
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(306, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 7.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 67.81, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 77.08, 331.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1953 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.22 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7041, 17.3650, 44.3211)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236B3 #36C245

analogous

#8B36C2 #C236B3 #C2366D

triadic

#C236B3 #B3C236 #36B3C2

tetradic

#C236B3 #C28B36 #36C245 #366DC2

square

#C236B3 #C28B36 #36C245 #366DC2

split-complementary

#C236B3 #6DC236 #36C28B

monochromatic

#621B5B #922987 #C236B3 #D362C7 #E192D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C236B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C236B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236B3

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236B3	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F67B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.220 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87aca',
    500: '#c236b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236b3;
$custom-light: #d87aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5869,
    "c": 0.21971,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236B3

secondary

#88CC8F

accent

#E05848

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236B3

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

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