#C438B0#C438B0

#C438B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.216 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C438B0
RGBrgb(196, 56, 176)
HSLhsl(309, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(309, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.4%, 10.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(49.13, 67.15, -34.21)
CIE-LCHlch(49.13, 75.36, 333.01°)
OKLaboklab(59% 0.1952 -0.0936)
OKLCHoklch(59% 0.216 334.4)
XYZxyz(32.0159, 17.7014, 42.7964)
Luminance0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C438B0 #38C44C
analogous
#9238C4 #C438B0 #C4386A
triadic
#C438B0 #B0C438 #38B0C4
tetradic
#C438B0 #C49238 #38C44C #386AC4
square
#C438B0 #C49238 #38C44C #386AC4
split-complementary
#C438B0 #6AC438 #38C492
monochromatic
#651D5B #942A85 #C438B0 #D366C4 #E196D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63
#C438B0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54
#C438B0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C438B0
4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C438B0#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C438B01.004.634.544.63
#FFFFFF4.631.0021.001.00
#0000004.5421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.631.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3668B3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#687CAD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD4470
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c438b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.216 334.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7bc8',
    500: '#c438b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c438b0;
$custom-light: #da7bc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c438b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59004,
    "c": 0.21644,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C438B0
secondary
#8CCC95
accent
#DF5E49
background
#FDF8FC
surface
#FBEFF8
border
#D4CAD1
text
#150A13
muted
#837C82

Preview Lab

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#C438B0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva