#C238B5#C238B5

#C238B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.219 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238B5
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(306, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 6.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 67.45, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 77.07, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1935 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.219 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0029, 17.6365, 45.4258)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238B5 #38C245

analogous

#8A38C2 #C238B5 #C23870

triadic

#C238B5 #B5C238 #38B5C2

tetradic

#C238B5 #C28A38 #38C245 #3870C2

square

#C238B5 #C28A38 #38C245 #3870C2

split-complementary

#C238B5 #70C238 #38C28A

monochromatic

#631D5C #932A89 #C238B5 #D265C8 #E094D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#C238B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#C238B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238B5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238B5	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3068B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.219 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bcb',
    500: '#c238b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238b5;
$custom-light: #d87bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58964,
    "c": 0.21895,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238B5

secondary

#8ACB91

accent

#DF5749

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238B5

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

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