#C272BC#C272BC

#C272BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.138 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C272BC
RGB	rgb(194, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(305, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(305, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 42.49, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 49.65, 328.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.1196 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.138 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3420, 27.1367, 50.8382)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C272BC #72C278

analogous

#A072C2 #C272BC #C27294

triadic

#C272BC #BCC272 #72BCC2

tetradic

#C272BC #C2A072 #72C278 #7294C2

square

#C272BC #C2A072 #72C278 #7294C2

split-complementary

#C272BC #94C272 #72C2A0

monochromatic

#82387C #AC4BA5 #C272BC #D49DD0 #E7C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C272BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#C272BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C272BC

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C272BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C272BC	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E87BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8788E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c272bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.138 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69cd0',
    500: '#c272bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c272bc;
$custom-light: #d69cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c272bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.5,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6646,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C272BC

secondary

#B9D7BB

accent

#B33C33

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF2F9

border

#D3CCD2

text

#140E14

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C272BC

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

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