#C437C5#C437C5

#C437C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.233 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C437C5
RGB	rgb(196, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 70.75, -44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 83.80, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1969 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.233 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2087, 18.5018, 54.5819)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C437C5 #38C537

analogous

#7D37C5 #C437C5 #C5377F

triadic

#C437C5 #C5C437 #37C5C4

tetradic

#C437C5 #C57D37 #38C537 #377FC5

square

#C437C5 #C57D37 #38C537 #377FC5

split-complementary

#C437C5 #7FC537 #37C57D

monochromatic

#651C65 #942A95 #C437C5 #D365D4 #E195E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C437C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C437C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C437C5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C437C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C437C5	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#196CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c437c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.233 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd7',
    500: '#c437c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c437c5;
$custom-light: #da7cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c437c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.577,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6005,
    "c": 0.23298,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C437C5

secondary

#8CCD8B

accent

#E04849

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C437C5

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

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