#C238BD#C238BD

#C238BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.225 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238BD
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 68.70, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 80.16, 328.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.1938 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.225 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8474, 17.9743, 49.8736)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238BD #38C23D

analogous

#8238C2 #C238BD #C23878

triadic

#C238BD #BDC238 #38BDC2

tetradic

#C238BD #C28238 #38C23D #3878C2

square

#C238BD #C28238 #38C23D #3878C2

split-complementary

#C238BD #78C238 #38C282

monochromatic

#631D60 #932A8F #C238BD #D265CE #E094DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C238BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C238BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238BD

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238BD	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#266AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.225 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cd1',
    500: '#c238bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238bd;
$custom-light: #d87cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.174,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59395,
    "c": 0.22489,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238BD

secondary

#8ACB8D

accent

#DF4F49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238BD

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

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