#C238BF#C238BF

#C238BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.226 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238BF
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 69.02, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 80.95, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.1939 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.226 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0660, 18.0617, 51.0248)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238BF #38C23B

analogous

#8038C2 #C238BF #C2387A

triadic

#C238BF #BFC238 #38BFC2

tetradic

#C238BF #C28038 #38C23B #387AC2

square

#C238BF #C28038 #38C23B #387AC2

split-complementary

#C238BF #7AC238 #38C280

monochromatic

#631D61 #932A90 #C238BF #D265D0 #E094DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C238BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C238BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238BF

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238BF	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236AC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.226 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cd3',
    500: '#c238bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238bf;
$custom-light: #d87cd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.304,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59505,
    "c": 0.2264,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238BF

secondary

#8ACB8C

accent

#DF4D49

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238BF

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

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