#C237AD#C237AD

#C237AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.214 H 334.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C237AD
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 173)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 10.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 66.58, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 74.48, 333.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1939 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.214 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1575, 17.2215, 41.2102)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C237AD #37C24C

analogous

#9237C2 #C237AD #C23768

triadic

#C237AD #ADC237 #37ADC2

tetradic

#C237AD #C29237 #37C24C #3768C2

square

#C237AD #C29237 #37C24C #3768C2

split-complementary

#C237AD #68C237 #37C292

monochromatic

#631C58 #922982 #C237AD #D363C2 #E093D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C237AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C237AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C237AD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C237AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C237AD	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3666B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB426E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c237ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.214 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bc6',
    500: '#c237ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c237ad;
$custom-light: #d87bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c237ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.065,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58465,
    "c": 0.21432,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C237AD

secondary

#89CB93

accent

#DF5F49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C237AD

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

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