#C236B4#C236B4

#C236B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.220 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236B4
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(306, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 7.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 67.96, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 77.45, 331.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1954 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.22 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8056, 17.4056, 44.8556)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236B4 #36C244

analogous

#8A36C2 #C236B4 #C2366E

triadic

#C236B4 #B4C236 #36B4C2

tetradic

#C236B4 #C28A36 #36C244 #366EC2

square

#C236B4 #C28A36 #36C244 #366EC2

split-complementary

#C236B4 #6EC236 #36C28A

monochromatic

#621B5B #922988 #C236B4 #D362C8 #E192D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#C236B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#C236B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236B4

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236B4	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E67B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.220 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87acb',
    500: '#c236b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236b4;
$custom-light: #d87acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58743,
    "c": 0.22043,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236B4

secondary

#88CC8F

accent

#E05748

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236B4

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

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