#C238CD#C238CD

#C238CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.237 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238CD
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(296, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, 71.33, -49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 86.62, 325.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1937 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.237 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6809, 18.7077, 59.5300)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238CD #43CD38

analogous

#7738CD #C238CD #CD388E

triadic

#C238CD #CDC238 #38CDC2

tetradic

#C238CD #CD7738 #43CD38 #388ECD

square

#C238CD #CD7738 #43CD38 #388ECD

split-complementary

#C238CD #8ECD38 #38CD77

monochromatic

#691C6F #9728A0 #C238CD #D169D9 #E09AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C238CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C238CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238CD

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238CD	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.237 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87cdd',
    500: '#c238cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238cd;
$custom-light: #d87cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.57,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60307,
    "c": 0.2372,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238CD

secondary

#94D18F

accent

#E34550

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238CD

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

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