#C238B3#C238B3

#C238B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.217 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238B3
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(307, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 7.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 67.14, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 76.31, 331.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1934 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.217 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7991, 17.5550, 44.3527)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238B3 #38C247

analogous

#8C38C2 #C238B3 #C2386E

triadic

#C238B3 #B3C238 #38B3C2

tetradic

#C238B3 #C28C38 #38C247 #386EC2

square

#C238B3 #C28C38 #38C247 #386EC2

split-complementary

#C238B3 #6EC238 #38C28C

monochromatic

#631D5B #932A87 #C238B3 #D265C7 #E094D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#C238B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C238B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238B3

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238B3	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3268B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.217 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bca',
    500: '#c238b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238b3;
$custom-light: #d87bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58859,
    "c": 0.21749,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238B3

secondary

#8ACB91

accent

#DF5949

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238B3

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

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