#C438B2#C438B2

#C438B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.218 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438B2
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 67.45, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 76.10, 332.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.1953 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.218 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2152, 17.7812, 43.8463)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438B2 #38C44A

analogous

#9038C4 #C438B2 #C4386C

triadic

#C438B2 #B2C438 #38B2C4

tetradic

#C438B2 #C49038 #38C44A #386CC4

square

#C438B2 #C49038 #38C44A #386CC4

split-complementary

#C438B2 #6CC438 #38C490

monochromatic

#651D5C #942A87 #C438B2 #D366C5 #E196D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C438B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C438B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C438B2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C438B2	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3468B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.218 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cc9',
    500: '#c438b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438b2;
$custom-light: #da7cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59106,
    "c": 0.21786,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438B2

secondary

#8CCC94

accent

#DF5C49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438B2

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

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