#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
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 177)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 9.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 67.30, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 75.73, 332.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1953 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.217 334)
XYZ	xyz(32.1152, 17.7412, 43.3194)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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
##C438B1	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C438B1

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

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