#C237BE#C237BE

#C237BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.227 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C237BE
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 69.19, -41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 80.93, 328.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1948 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.227 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9083, 17.9219, 50.4312)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C237BE #37C23B

analogous

#8137C2 #C237BE #C23779

triadic

#C237BE #BEC237 #37BEC2

tetradic

#C237BE #C28137 #37C23B #3779C2

square

#C237BE #C28137 #37C23B #3779C2

split-complementary

#C237BE #79C237 #37C281

monochromatic

#631C61 #92298F #C237BE #D363D0 #E093DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C237BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C237BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C237BE

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C237BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C237BE	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c237be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.227 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bd2',
    500: '#c237be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c237be;
$custom-light: #d87bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c237be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.727,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59366,
    "c": 0.22673,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C237BE

secondary

#89CB8B

accent

#DF4D49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C237BE

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

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