#C23CC5#C23CC5

#C23CC5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.227 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23CC5
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 197)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 69.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 68.63, -44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 81.79, 327.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1901 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.227 327)
XYZ	xyz(33.9415, 18.7346, 54.6409)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23CC5 #3FC53C

analogous

#7D3CC5 #C23CC5 #C53C83

triadic

#C23CC5 #C5C23C #3CC5C2

tetradic

#C23CC5 #C57D3C #3FC53C #3C83C5

square

#C23CC5 #C57D3C #3FC53C #3C83C5

split-complementary

#C23CC5 #83C53C #3CC57D

monochromatic

#661F68 #952D97 #C23CC5 #D16BD3 #E09AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C23CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C23CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C23CC5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C23CC5	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7517D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.227 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87ed7',
    500: '#c23cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23cc5;
$custom-light: #d87ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.686,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60186,
    "c": 0.22658,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.18732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23CC5

secondary

#91CD90

accent

#DE4A4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23CC5

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

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