#C237AF#C237AF

#C237AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.216 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C237AF
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 175)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 9.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 66.87, -34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 75.21, 332.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.1941 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.216 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3525, 17.2995, 42.2370)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C237AF #37C24A

analogous

#9037C2 #C237AF #C2376A

triadic

#C237AF #AFC237 #37AFC2

tetradic

#C237AF #C29037 #37C24A #376AC2

square

#C237AF #C29037 #37C24A #376AC2

split-complementary

#C237AF #6AC237 #37C290

monochromatic

#631C59 #922984 #C237AF #D363C4 #E093D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C237AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C237AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C237AF

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C237AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C237AF	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3467B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB436F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c237af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.216 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bc7',
    500: '#c237af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c237af;
$custom-light: #d87bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c237af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.201,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58567,
    "c": 0.21574,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C237AF

secondary

#89CB92

accent

#DF5D49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C237AF

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

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