#C236B8#C236B8

#C236B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.223 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236B8
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 5.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 68.58, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 78.97, 330.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1956 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.223 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2190, 17.5709, 47.0327)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236B8 #36C240

analogous

#8636C2 #C236B8 #C23672

triadic

#C236B8 #B8C236 #36B8C2

tetradic

#C236B8 #C28636 #36C240 #3672C2

square

#C236B8 #C28636 #36C240 #3672C2

split-complementary

#C236B8 #72C236 #36C286

monochromatic

#621B5D #92298B #C236B8 #D362CB #E192DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C236B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C236B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236B8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236B8	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A68BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.223 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bce',
    500: '#c236b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236b8;
$custom-light: #d87bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58956,
    "c": 0.22335,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236B8

secondary

#88CC8D

accent

#E05348

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236B8

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

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