#C236C3#C236C3

#C236C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.232 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236C3
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 195)
HSL	hsl(300, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 70.32, -44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 83.29, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.1957 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.232 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4172, 18.0502, 53.3431)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236C3 #37C336

analogous

#7C36C3 #C236C3 #C3367E

triadic

#C236C3 #C3C236 #36C3C2

tetradic

#C236C3 #C37C36 #37C336 #367EC3

square

#C236C3 #C37C36 #37C336 #367EC3

split-complementary

#C236C3 #7EC336 #36C37C

monochromatic

#631B63 #922993 #C236C3 #D363D4 #E092E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C236C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C236C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C236C3

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C236C3	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#186AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.232 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bd6',
    500: '#c236c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236c3;
$custom-light: #d87bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.574,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59565,
    "c": 0.23157,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236C3

secondary

#89CC89

accent

#E04849

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236C3

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

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