#C237B8#C237B8

#C237B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.222 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C237B8
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 5.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, 68.25, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 78.60, 330.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.1946 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.222 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2660, 17.6650, 47.0484)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C237B8 #37C241

analogous

#8737C2 #C237B8 #C23773

triadic

#C237B8 #B8C237 #37B8C2

tetradic

#C237B8 #C28737 #37C241 #3773C2

square

#C237B8 #C28737 #37C241 #3773C2

split-complementary

#C237B8 #73C237 #37C287

monochromatic

#631C5E #92298B #C237B8 #D363CB #E093DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C237B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#C237B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C237B8

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C237B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C237B8	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B68BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c237b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.222 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bce',
    500: '#c237b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c237b8;
$custom-light: #d87bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c237b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.317,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59039,
    "c": 0.22226,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C237B8

secondary

#89CB8E

accent

#DF5349

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C237B8

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

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