#C236C5#C236C5

#C236C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.233 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C236C5
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(299, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(299, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 70.65, -45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 84.10, 327.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1957 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.233 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6448, 18.1412, 54.5420)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C236C5 #39C536

analogous

#7B36C5 #C236C5 #C53681

triadic

#C236C5 #C5C236 #36C5C2

tetradic

#C236C5 #C57B36 #39C536 #3681C5

square

#C236C5 #C57B36 #39C536 #3681C5

split-complementary

#C236C5 #81C536 #36C57B

monochromatic

#631C65 #932995 #C236C5 #D264D4 #E094E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C236C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C236C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C236C5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C236C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C236C5	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#136BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c236c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.233 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bd7',
    500: '#c236c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c236c5;
$custom-light: #d87bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c236c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.741,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59679,
    "c": 0.23309,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C236C5

secondary

#8BCD8A

accent

#E0484B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C236C5

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

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