#C237C5#C237C5

#C237C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.232 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C237C5
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 70.32, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 83.73, 327.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.1948 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.232 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6918, 18.2353, 54.5577)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C237C5 #3AC537

analogous

#7B37C5 #C237C5 #C53781

triadic

#C237C5 #C5C237 #37C5C2

tetradic

#C237C5 #C57B37 #3AC537 #3781C5

square

#C237C5 #C57B37 #3AC537 #3781C5

split-complementary

#C237C5 #81C537 #37C57B

monochromatic

#641C65 #932A95 #C237C5 #D265D4 #E095E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#C237C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C237C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C237C5

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C237C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C237C5	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c237c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.232 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cd7',
    500: '#c237c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c237c5;
$custom-light: #d87cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c237c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.732,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5976,
    "c": 0.23204,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C237C5

secondary

#8DCD8B

accent

#E0484B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C237C5

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

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