#C238B1#C238B1

#C238B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.216 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238B1
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 177)
HSL	hsl(307, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 8.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 66.84, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 75.56, 332.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1932 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.216 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5983, 17.4747, 43.2952)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238B1 #38C249

analogous

#8E38C2 #C238B1 #C2386C

triadic

#C238B1 #B1C238 #38B1C2

tetradic

#C238B1 #C28E38 #38C249 #386CC2

square

#C238B1 #C28E38 #38C249 #386CC2

split-complementary

#C238B1 #6CC238 #38C28E

monochromatic

#631D5A #932A86 #C238B1 #D265C5 #E094D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#C238B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C238B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238B1

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238B1	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3367B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.216 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bc8',
    500: '#c238b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238b1;
$custom-light: #d87bc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.391,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58756,
    "c": 0.21604,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238B1

secondary

#8ACB92

accent

#DF5C49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238B1

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

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