#C23EC9#C23EC9

#C23EC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.227 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23EC9
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 201)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 68.59, -46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 82.62, 326.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.1881 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.227 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5127, 19.1339, 57.1224)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23EC9 #45C93E

analogous

#7D3EC9 #C23EC9 #C93E8B

triadic

#C23EC9 #C9C23E #3EC9C2

tetradic

#C23EC9 #C97D3E #45C93E #3E8BC9

square

#C23EC9 #C97D3E #45C93E #3E8BC9

split-complementary

#C23EC9 #8BC93E #3EC97D

monochromatic

#6A1F6E #982C9E #C23EC9 #D16ED6 #E09EE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C23EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C23EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C23EC9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C23EC9	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E6FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7547F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.227 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87fda',
    500: '#c23ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23ec9;
$custom-light: #d87fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.978,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60592,
    "c": 0.22746,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23EC9

secondary

#96D093

accent

#E04850

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23EC9

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

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