#C237B5#C237B5

#C237B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.220 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C237B5
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(306, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 6.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 67.78, -37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 77.45, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1945 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.22 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9549, 17.5405, 45.4098)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C237B5 #37C244

analogous

#8A37C2 #C237B5 #C23770

triadic

#C237B5 #B5C237 #37B5C2

tetradic

#C237B5 #C28A37 #37C244 #3770C2

square

#C237B5 #C28A37 #37C244 #3770C2

split-complementary

#C237B5 #70C237 #37C28A

monochromatic

#631C5C #922989 #C237B5 #D363C8 #E093D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#C237B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C237B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C237B5

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C237B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C237B5	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E68B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c237b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.220 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bcb',
    500: '#c237b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c237b5;
$custom-light: #d87bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c237b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.612,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58879,
    "c": 0.22006,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C237B5

secondary

#89CB90

accent

#DF5749

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C237B5

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

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