#C238E7#C238E7

#C238E7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.258 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C238E7
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 231)
HSL	hsl(287, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 75.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 75.88, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 97.63, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1915 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.258 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0841, 20.0689, 77.4534)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C238E7 #5DE738

analogous

#6B38E7 #C238E7 #E738B5

triadic

#C238E7 #E7C238 #38E7C2

tetradic

#C238E7 #E76B38 #5DE738 #38B5E7

square

#C238E7 #E76B38 #5DE738 #38B5E7

split-complementary

#C238E7 #B5E738 #38E76B

monochromatic

#781293 #A418CA #C238E7 #D36FEE #E3A5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C238E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C238E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C238E7

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C238E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C238E7	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F80E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c238e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.258 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97def',
    500: '#c238e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c238e7;
$custom-light: #d97def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c238e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.314,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61925,
    "c": 0.25798,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C238E7

secondary

#A9E199

accent

#F5335C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C238E7

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

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