#C238B9#C238B9

#C238B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.222 H 330.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238B9
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 4.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 68.07, -39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 78.60, 330.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1937 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.222 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4192, 17.8030, 47.6184)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238B9 #38C241

analogous

#8638C2 #C238B9 #C23874

triadic

#C238B9 #B9C238 #38B9C2

tetradic

#C238B9 #C28638 #38C241 #3874C2

square

#C238B9 #C28638 #38C241 #3874C2

split-complementary

#C238B9 #74C238 #38C286

monochromatic

#631D5E #932A8C #C238B9 #D265CB #E094DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C238B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C238B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238B9

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238B9	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B69BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.222 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cce',
    500: '#c238b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238b9;
$custom-light: #d87cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.913,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59177,
    "c": 0.2219,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238B9

secondary

#8ACB8F

accent

#DF5349

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238B9

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

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