#C236BD#C236BD

#C236BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.227 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236BD
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 69.36, -41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 80.91, 329.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.1957 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.227 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7524, 17.7843, 49.8419)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236BD #36C23B

analogous

#8136C2 #C236BD #C23677

triadic

#C236BD #BDC236 #36BDC2

tetradic

#C236BD #C28136 #36C23B #3677C2

square

#C236BD #C28136 #36C23B #3677C2

split-complementary

#C236BD #77C236 #36C281

monochromatic

#621B60 #92298E #C236BD #D362CF #E192DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C236BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C236BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236BD

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236BD	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2369C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.227 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bd1',
    500: '#c236bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236bd;
$custom-light: #d87bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59229,
    "c": 0.22705,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236BD

secondary

#88CC8B

accent

#E04D48

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236BD

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

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