#C236BC#C236BC

#C236BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.226 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236BC
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(303, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 69.20, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 80.52, 329.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.1957 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.226 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6442, 17.7410, 49.2722)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236BC #36C23C

analogous

#8236C2 #C236BC #C23676

triadic

#C236BC #BCC236 #36BCC2

tetradic

#C236BC #C28236 #36C23C #3676C2

square

#C236BC #C28236 #36C23C #3676C2

split-complementary

#C236BC #76C236 #36C282

monochromatic

#621B5F #92298E #C236BC #D362CE #E192DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C236BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C236BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236BC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236BC	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2469C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.226 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bd0',
    500: '#c236bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236bc;
$custom-light: #d87bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59173,
    "c": 0.22631,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236BC

secondary

#88CC8B

accent

#E04F48

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236BC

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

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