#C238B6#C238B6

#C238B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.220 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238B6
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 6.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 67.60, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 77.45, 330.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1936 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.22 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1058, 17.6777, 45.9681)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238B6 #38C244

analogous

#8938C2 #C238B6 #C23871

triadic

#C238B6 #B6C238 #38B6C2

tetradic

#C238B6 #C28938 #38C244 #3871C2

square

#C238B6 #C28938 #38C244 #3871C2

split-complementary

#C238B6 #71C238 #38C289

monochromatic

#631D5D #932A89 #C238B6 #D265C9 #E094DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C238B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C238B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238B6

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238B6	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F68BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.220 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bcc',
    500: '#c238b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238b6;
$custom-light: #d87bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59017,
    "c": 0.21968,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238B6

secondary

#8ACB90

accent

#DF5649

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238B6

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

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