#C281BC#C281BC

#C281BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.112 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C281BC
RGB	rgb(194, 129, 188)
HSL	hsl(306, 35%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(306, 34%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 34.43, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 40.17, 328.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0968 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.112 330)
XYZ	xyz(39.1749, 30.8023, 51.4491)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C281BC #81C287

analogous

#A781C2 #C281BC #C2819B

triadic

#C281BC #BCC281 #81BCC2

tetradic

#C281BC #C2A781 #81C287 #819BC2

square

#C281BC #C2A781 #81C287 #819BC2

split-complementary

#C281BC #9BC281 #81C2A7

monochromatic

#874181 #AE58A6 #C281BC #D6AAD2 #EAD3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C281BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#C281BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C281BC

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C281BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C281BC	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E91BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c281bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 129, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.112 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a6d0',
    500: '#c281bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c281bc;
$custom-light: #d5a6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c281bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.538,
    "s": 34.759,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68903,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.30801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C281BC

secondary

#C4DBC6

accent

#AE4338

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF4F9

border

#D3CED2

text

#140F14

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C281BC

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

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