#C23CAF#C23CAF

#C23CAF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.210 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23CAF
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 175)
HSL	hsl(309, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(309, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 9.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 65.13, -33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 73.22, 332.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.189 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.21 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6021, 17.7988, 42.3202)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23CAF #3CC24F

analogous

#923CC2 #C23CAF #C23C6C

triadic

#C23CAF #AFC23C #3CAFC2

tetradic

#C23CAF #C2923C #3CC24F #3C6CC2

square

#C23CAF #C2923C #3CC24F #3C6CC2

split-complementary

#C23CAF #6CC23C #3CC292

monochromatic

#651F5B #932E85 #C23CAF #D16AC2 #DF99D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C23CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C23CAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23CAF

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23CAF	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A68B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.210 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87dc7',
    500: '#c23caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23caf;
$custom-light: #d87dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.507,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59012,
    "c": 0.20993,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23CAF

secondary

#8FCB97

accent

#DC604C

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23CAF

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

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