#C438AF#C438AF

#C438AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.216 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438AF
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 175)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 10.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 67.00, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 75.00, 333.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1951 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.216 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9173, 17.6620, 42.2772)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438AF #38C44D

analogous

#9338C4 #C438AF #C43869

triadic

#C438AF #AFC438 #38AFC4

tetradic

#C438AF #C49338 #38C44D #3869C4

square

#C438AF #C49338 #38C44D #3869C4

split-complementary

#C438AF #69C438 #38C493

monochromatic

#651D5A #942A85 #C438AF #D366C3 #E196D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C438AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#C438AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C438AF

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C438AF	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3767B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD436F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.216 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7bc7',
    500: '#c438af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438af;
$custom-light: #da7bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58953,
    "c": 0.21572,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438AF

secondary

#8CCC95

accent

#DF5F49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438AF

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

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