#C238AC#C238AC

#C238AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.212 H 335.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238AC
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(310, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(310, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 11.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 66.09, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 73.73, 333.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1928 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.212 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1091, 17.2790, 40.7185)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238AC #38C24E

analogous

#9338C2 #C238AC #C23867

triadic

#C238AC #ACC238 #38ACC2

tetradic

#C238AC #C29338 #38C24E #3867C2

square

#C238AC #C29338 #38C24E #3867C2

split-complementary

#C238AC #67C238 #38C293

monochromatic

#631D58 #932A82 #C238AC #D265C1 #E094D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C238AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C238AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238AC

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238AC	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3866AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC436E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.212 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bc5',
    500: '#c238ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238ac;
$custom-light: #d87bc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.565,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58501,
    "c": 0.21248,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238AC

secondary

#8ACB95

accent

#DF6149

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238AC

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

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