#C236BF#C236BF

#C236BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.229 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236BF
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 191)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 69.68, -42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 81.70, 328.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.1957 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.229 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9710, 17.8717, 50.9931)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236BF #36C239

analogous

#7F36C2 #C236BF #C23679

triadic

#C236BF #BFC236 #36BFC2

tetradic

#C236BF #C27F36 #36C239 #3679C2

square

#C236BF #C27F36 #36C239 #3679C2

split-complementary

#C236BF #79C236 #36C27F

monochromatic

#621B61 #922990 #C236BF #D362D1 #E192DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C236BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C236BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C236BF

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C236BF	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2069C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.229 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bd3',
    500: '#c236bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236bf;
$custom-light: #d87bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5934,
    "c": 0.22855,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236BF

secondary

#88CC8A

accent

#E04B48

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236BF

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

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