#C23BC5#C23BC5

#C23BC5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.228 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23BC5
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 197)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 68.98, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 82.19, 327.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.191 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.228 327)
XYZ	xyz(33.8896, 18.6308, 54.6236)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23BC5 #3EC53B

analogous

#7D3BC5 #C23BC5 #C53B83

triadic

#C23BC5 #C5C23B #3BC5C2

tetradic

#C23BC5 #C57D3B #3EC53B #3B83C5

square

#C23BC5 #C57D3B #3EC53B #3B83C5

split-complementary

#C23BC5 #83C53B #3BC57D

monochromatic

#661F67 #942C96 #C23BC5 #D16AD3 #DF99E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C23BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C23BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C23BC5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C23BC5	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7507C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.228 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87dd7',
    500: '#c23bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23bc5;
$custom-light: #d87dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.696,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60098,
    "c": 0.22771,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.18628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23BC5

secondary

#90CD8F

accent

#DE4A4D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23BC5

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

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