#C238C2#C238C2

#C238C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.229 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238C2
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, 69.51, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 82.15, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.1939 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.229 328)
XYZ	xyz(33.3995, 18.1951, 52.7813)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238C2 #38C238

analogous

#7D38C2 #C238C2 #C2387D

triadic

#C238C2 #C2C238 #38C2C2

tetradic

#C238C2 #C27D38 #38C238 #387DC2

square

#C238C2 #C27D38 #38C238 #387DC2

split-complementary

#C238C2 #7DC238 #38C27D

monochromatic

#631D63 #932A93 #C238C2 #D265D2 #E094E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#C238C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#C238C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238C2

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238C2	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E6BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.229 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cd5',
    500: '#c238c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238c2;
$custom-light: #d87cd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59672,
    "c": 0.22869,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.18193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238C2

secondary

#8ACB8A

accent

#DF4949

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238C2

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

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