#C238C3#C238C3

#C238C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.229 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238C3
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 69.67, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 82.55, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.1939 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.229 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5122, 18.2402, 53.3748)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238C3 #39C338

analogous

#7D38C3 #C238C3 #C3387F

triadic

#C238C3 #C3C238 #38C3C2

tetradic

#C238C3 #C37D38 #39C338 #387FC3

square

#C238C3 #C37D38 #39C338 #387FC3

split-complementary

#C238C3 #7FC338 #38C37D

monochromatic

#631D64 #932A93 #C238C3 #D265D3 #E095E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#C238C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C238C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238C3

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238C3	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.229 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cd6',
    500: '#c238c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238c3;
$custom-light: #d87cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.568,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59729,
    "c": 0.22946,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238C3

secondary

#8BCC8B

accent

#DF494A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238C3

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

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