#C238BA#C238BA

#C238BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.223 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238BA
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 4.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 68.23, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 78.99, 329.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.1937 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.223 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5251, 17.8454, 48.1763)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238BA #38C240

analogous

#8538C2 #C238BA #C23875

triadic

#C238BA #BAC238 #38BAC2

tetradic

#C238BA #C28538 #38C240 #3875C2

square

#C238BA #C28538 #38C240 #3875C2

split-complementary

#C238BA #75C238 #38C285

monochromatic

#631D5F #932A8C #C238BA #D265CC #E094DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C238BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C238BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238BA

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238BA	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A69BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.223 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87ccf',
    500: '#c238ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238ba;
$custom-light: #d87ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.478,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59231,
    "c": 0.22264,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238BA

secondary

#8ACB8E

accent

#DF5249

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238BA

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

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