#C238AF#C238AF

#C238AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.215 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238AF
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 175)
HSL	hsl(308, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 9.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 66.53, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 74.83, 332.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.1931 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.215 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4004, 17.3955, 42.2530)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238AF #38C24B

analogous

#9038C2 #C238AF #C2386A

triadic

#C238AF #AFC238 #38AFC2

tetradic

#C238AF #C29038 #38C24B #386AC2

square

#C238AF #C29038 #38C24B #386AC2

split-complementary

#C238AF #6AC238 #38C290

monochromatic

#631D59 #932A84 #C238AF #D265C3 #E094D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#C238AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#C238AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238AF

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238AF	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3567B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB446F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.215 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bc7',
    500: '#c238af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238af;
$custom-light: #d87bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.261,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58653,
    "c": 0.21461,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238AF

secondary

#8ACB93

accent

#DF5E49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238AF

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

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