#C238B7#C238B7

#C238B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.220 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238B7
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 5.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 67.76, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 77.83, 330.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1936 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.22 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2095, 17.7191, 46.5143)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238B7 #38C243

analogous

#8838C2 #C238B7 #C23872

triadic

#C238B7 #B7C238 #38B7C2

tetradic

#C238B7 #C28838 #38C243 #3872C2

square

#C238B7 #C28838 #38C243 #3872C2

split-complementary

#C238B7 #72C238 #38C288

monochromatic

#631D5D #932A8A #C238B7 #D265CA #E094DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C238B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C238B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238B7

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238B7	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D69BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.220 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87bcd',
    500: '#c238b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238b7;
$custom-light: #d87bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.783,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5907,
    "c": 0.22042,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238B7

secondary

#8ACB90

accent

#DF5549

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238B7

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

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