#C238AE#C238AE

#C238AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.214 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238AE
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 10.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 66.38, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 74.46, 333.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.193 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.214 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3026, 17.3564, 41.7377)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238AE #38C24C

analogous

#9138C2 #C238AE #C23869

triadic

#C238AE #AEC238 #38AEC2

tetradic

#C238AE #C29138 #38C24C #3869C2

square

#C238AE #C29138 #38C24C #3869C2

split-complementary

#C238AE #69C238 #38C291

monochromatic

#631D59 #932A83 #C238AE #D265C3 #E094D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C238AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C238AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238AE

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238AE	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3667B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB446F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.214 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bc6',
    500: '#c238ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238ae;
$custom-light: #d87bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.696,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58602,
    "c": 0.2139,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238AE

secondary

#8ACB94

accent

#DF5F49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238AE

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

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