#C23CC8#C23CC8

#C23CC8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.229 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23CC8
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 200)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 70%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 69.13, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 83.02, 326.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.1901 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.229 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2886, 18.8735, 56.4693)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23CC8 #42C83C

analogous

#7C3CC8 #C23CC8 #C83C88

triadic

#C23CC8 #C8C23C #3CC8C2

tetradic

#C23CC8 #C87C3C #42C83C #3C88C8

square

#C23CC8 #C87C3C #42C83C #3C88C8

split-complementary

#C23CC8 #88C83C #3CC87C

monochromatic

#681E6B #962C9B #C23CC8 #D16CD5 #E09BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#C23CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C23CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C23CC8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C23CC8	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C6ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.229 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87ed9',
    500: '#c23cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23cc8;
$custom-light: #d87ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60356,
    "c": 0.22894,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23CC8

secondary

#94CF91

accent

#DF494F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23CC8

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

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