#C238C7#C238C7

#C238C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.233 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238C7
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(298, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 70.33, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 84.16, 326.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.1939 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.233 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9705, 18.4235, 55.7886)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238C7 #3DC738

analogous

#7A38C7 #C238C7 #C73885

triadic

#C238C7 #C7C238 #38C7C2

tetradic

#C238C7 #C77A38 #3DC738 #3885C7

square

#C238C7 #C77A38 #3DC738 #3885C7

split-complementary

#C238C7 #85C738 #38C77A

monochromatic

#651D67 #932B97 #C238C7 #D168D4 #DF98E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C238C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C238C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238C7

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238C7	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#146CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.233 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cd8',
    500: '#c238c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238c7;
$custom-light: #d87cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.902,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59957,
    "c": 0.23253,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238C7

secondary

#90CD8D

accent

#DF484E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238C7

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

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