#C238BE#C238BE

#C238BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.226 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238BE
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 68.86, -41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 80.55, 328.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1939 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.226 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9563, 18.0178, 50.4472)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238BE #38C23C

analogous

#8138C2 #C238BE #C23879

triadic

#C238BE #BEC238 #38BEC2

tetradic

#C238BE #C28138 #38C23C #3879C2

square

#C238BE #C28138 #38C23C #3879C2

split-complementary

#C238BE #79C238 #38C281

monochromatic

#631D61 #932A8F #C238BE #D265CF #E094DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C238BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C238BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238BE

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238BE	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.226 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cd2',
    500: '#c238be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238be;
$custom-light: #d87cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.739,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5945,
    "c": 0.22565,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238BE

secondary

#8ACB8C

accent

#DF4E49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238BE

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

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