#C238C9#C238C9

#C238C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.234 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238C9
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(297, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 70.66, -47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 84.98, 326.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1938 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.234 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2042, 18.5170, 57.0196)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238C9 #3FC938

analogous

#7938C9 #C238C9 #C93888

triadic

#C238C9 #C9C238 #38C9C2

tetradic

#C238C9 #C97938 #3FC938 #3888C9

square

#C238C9 #C97938 #3FC938 #3888C9

split-complementary

#C238C9 #88C938 #38C979

monochromatic

#661D6A #952A9A #C238C9 #D168D6 #E098E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C238C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C238C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238C9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238C9	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D6CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7507E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.234 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cda',
    500: '#c238c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238c9;
$custom-light: #d87cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.103,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60072,
    "c": 0.23408,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238C9

secondary

#91CF8E

accent

#E1474F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238C9

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

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