#C238D4#C238D4

#C238D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.243 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238D4
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(293, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 72.52, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 89.54, 324.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.1934 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.243 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5448, 19.0532, 64.0800)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238D4 #4AD438

analogous

#7438D4 #C238D4 #D43898

triadic

#C238D4 #D4C238 #38D4C2

tetradic

#C238D4 #D47438 #4AD438 #3898D4

square

#C238D4 #D47438 #4AD438 #3898D4

split-complementary

#C238D4 #98D438 #38D474

monochromatic

#6D1A78 #9B25AA #C238D4 #D16ADF #E19DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C238D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#C238D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238D4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238D4	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.243 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97de2',
    500: '#c238d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238d4;
$custom-light: #d97de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60726,
    "c": 0.24272,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238D4

secondary

#9AD692

accent

#E74054

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238D4

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

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