#C237B3#C237B3

#C237B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.219 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C237B3
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 179)
HSL	hsl(306, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 7.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 67.48, -36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 76.70, 331.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.1944 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.219 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7511, 17.4590, 44.3367)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C237B3 #37C246

analogous

#8C37C2 #C237B3 #C2376E

triadic

#C237B3 #B3C237 #37B3C2

tetradic

#C237B3 #C28C37 #37C246 #376EC2

square

#C237B3 #C28C37 #37C246 #376EC2

split-complementary

#C237B3 #6EC237 #37C28C

monochromatic

#631C5B #922987 #C237B3 #D363C7 #E093D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C237B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C237B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C237B3

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C237B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C237B3	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3067B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c237b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.219 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bca',
    500: '#c237b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c237b3;
$custom-light: #d87bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c237b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.475,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58774,
    "c": 0.21861,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C237B3

secondary

#89CB90

accent

#DF5949

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C237B3

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

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