#C272BE#C272BE

#C272BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.140 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C272BE
RGB	rgb(194, 114, 190)
HSL	hsl(303, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(303, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 42.86, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 50.49, 328.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.12 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.14 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5591, 27.2235, 51.9815)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C272BE #72C276

analogous

#9E72C2 #C272BE #C27296

triadic

#C272BE #BEC272 #72BEC2

tetradic

#C272BE #C29E72 #72C276 #7296C2

square

#C272BE #C29E72 #72C276 #7296C2

split-complementary

#C272BE #96C272 #72C29E

monochromatic

#82387E #AC4BA7 #C272BE #D49DD2 #E7C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C272BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#C272BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C272BE

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C272BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C272BE	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D88C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7798F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c272be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 114, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.140 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69cd1',
    500: '#c272be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c272be;
$custom-light: #d69cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c272be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66547,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C272BE

secondary

#B9D7BA

accent

#B33933

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF2F9

border

#D3CCD2

text

#140E14

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C272BE

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

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