#C238BB#C238BB

#C238BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.223 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238BB
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 3.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 68.39, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 79.38, 329.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.1938 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.223 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6318, 17.8880, 48.7381)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238BB #38C23F

analogous

#8438C2 #C238BB #C23876

triadic

#C238BB #BBC238 #38BBC2

tetradic

#C238BB #C28438 #38C23F #3876C2

square

#C238BB #C28438 #38C23F #3876C2

split-complementary

#C238BB #76C238 #38C284

monochromatic

#631D5F #932A8D #C238BB #D265CD #E094DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C238BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C238BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C238BB

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C238BB	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2969BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.223 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cd0',
    500: '#c238bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238bb;
$custom-light: #d87cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.043,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59285,
    "c": 0.2234,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238BB

secondary

#8ACB8E

accent

#DF5149

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238BB

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

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