#C236BE#C236BE

#C236BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.228 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236BE
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 69.52, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 81.31, 328.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1957 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.228 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8613, 17.8278, 50.4156)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236BE #36C23A

analogous

#8036C2 #C236BE #C23678

triadic

#C236BE #BEC236 #36BEC2

tetradic

#C236BE #C28036 #36C23A #3678C2

square

#C236BE #C28036 #36C23A #3678C2

split-complementary

#C236BE #78C236 #36C280

monochromatic

#621B60 #92298F #C236BE #D362D0 #E192DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C236BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C236BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236BE

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236BE	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2169C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.228 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bd2',
    500: '#c236be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236be;
$custom-light: #d87bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59284,
    "c": 0.22779,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236BE

secondary

#88CC8A

accent

#E04C48

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236BE

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

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