#C238C5#C238C5

#C238C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.231 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238C5
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 70.00, -45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 83.35, 327.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1939 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.231 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7398, 18.3312, 54.5737)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238C5 #3BC538

analogous

#7B38C5 #C238C5 #C53882

triadic

#C238C5 #C5C238 #38C5C2

tetradic

#C238C5 #C57B38 #3BC538 #3882C5

square

#C238C5 #C57B38 #3BC538 #3882C5

split-complementary

#C238C5 #82C538 #38C57B

monochromatic

#641D66 #932A95 #C238C5 #D167D4 #E096E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#C238C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C238C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238C5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238C5	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#186BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.231 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cd7',
    500: '#c238c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238c5;
$custom-light: #d87cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.723,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59842,
    "c": 0.23098,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238C5

secondary

#8ECD8C

accent

#DF494C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238C5

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

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