#C238B2#C238B2

#C238B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.217 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238B2
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(307, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 8.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 66.99, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 75.94, 331.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1933 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.217 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6984, 17.5147, 43.8220)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238B2 #38C248

analogous

#8D38C2 #C238B2 #C2386D

triadic

#C238B2 #B2C238 #38B2C2

tetradic

#C238B2 #C28D38 #38C248 #386DC2

square

#C238B2 #C28D38 #38C248 #386DC2

split-complementary

#C238B2 #6DC238 #38C28D

monochromatic

#631D5B #932A86 #C238B2 #D265C6 #E094D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#C238B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#C238B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238B2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238B2	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3368B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.217 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bc9',
    500: '#c238b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238b2;
$custom-light: #d87bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.957,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58807,
    "c": 0.21676,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238B2

secondary

#8ACB92

accent

#DF5B49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238B2

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

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