#C438B1#C438B1

#C438B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.217 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C438B1
RGBrgb(196, 56, 177)
HSLhsl(308, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(308, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.4%, 9.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(49.18, 67.30, -34.72)
CIE-LCHlch(49.18, 75.73, 332.71°)
OKLaboklab(59.06% 0.1953 -0.095)
OKLCHoklch(59.06% 0.217 334)
XYZxyz(32.1152, 17.7412, 43.3194)
Luminance0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C438B1 #38C44B
analogous
#9138C4 #C438B1 #C4386B
triadic
#C438B1 #B1C438 #38B1C4
tetradic
#C438B1 #C49138 #38C44B #386BC4
square
#C438B1 #C49138 #38C44B #386BC4
split-complementary
#C438B1 #6BC438 #38C491
monochromatic
#651D5B #942A86 #C438B1 #D366C4 #E196D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62
#C438B1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55
#C438B1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C438B1
4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C438B1#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C438B11.004.624.554.62
#FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00
#0000004.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3568B4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#677CAE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD4470
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c438b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.217 334.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7bc8',
    500: '#c438b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c438b1;
$custom-light: #da7bc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c438b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59055,
    "c": 0.21714,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.17738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C438B1
secondary
#8CCC94
accent
#DF5D49
background
#FDF8FC
surface
#FBEFF8
border
#D4CAD1
text
#150A13
muted
#837C82

Preview Lab

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#C438B1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva