#C23CC9#C23CC9

#C23CC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.230 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23CC9
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 201)
HSL	hsl(297, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 69.30, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 83.43, 326.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1901 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.23 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4059, 18.9204, 57.0868)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23CC9 #43C93C

analogous

#7B3CC9 #C23CC9 #C93C89

triadic

#C23CC9 #C9C23C #3CC9C2

tetradic

#C23CC9 #C97B3C #43C93C #3C89C9

square

#C23CC9 #C97B3C #43C93C #3C89C9

split-complementary

#C23CC9 #89C93C #3CC97B

monochromatic

#691E6D #972B9C #C23CC9 #D16CD6 #E09CE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C23CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#C23CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C23CC9

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C23CC9	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A6ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7537F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.230 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87eda',
    500: '#c23cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23cc9;
$custom-light: #d87eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.021,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60413,
    "c": 0.22973,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23CC9

secondary

#94D091

accent

#E0484F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23CC9

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

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