#C23EC5#C23EC5

#C23EC5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.224 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23EC5
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 197)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 68.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 67.92, -44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 80.98, 327.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1881 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.224 327)
XYZ	xyz(34.0482, 18.9481, 54.6765)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23EC5 #41C53E

analogous

#7E3EC5 #C23EC5 #C53E84

triadic

#C23EC5 #C5C23E #3EC5C2

tetradic

#C23EC5 #C57E3E #41C53E #3E84C5

square

#C23EC5 #C57E3E #41C53E #3E84C5

split-complementary

#C23EC5 #84C53E #3EC57E

monochromatic

#672069 #962E98 #C23EC5 #D16DD3 #E09CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C23EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C23EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C23EC5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C23EC5	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7527D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.224 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87fd7',
    500: '#c23ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23ec5;
$custom-light: #d87fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.667,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60366,
    "c": 0.22428,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.18946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23EC5

secondary

#93CD91

accent

#DD4B4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23EC5

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

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