#C438B3#C438B3

#C438B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.219 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438B3
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 8.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 67.60, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 76.47, 332.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1954 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.219 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3160, 17.8215, 44.3770)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438B3 #38C449

analogous

#8F38C4 #C438B3 #C4386D

triadic

#C438B3 #B3C438 #38B3C4

tetradic

#C438B3 #C48F38 #38C449 #386DC4

square

#C438B3 #C48F38 #38C449 #386DC4

split-complementary

#C438B3 #6DC438 #38C48F

monochromatic

#651D5C #942A88 #C438B3 #D366C6 #E196D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C438B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C438B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C438B3

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C438B3	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3368B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.219 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cca',
    500: '#c438b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438b3;
$custom-light: #da7cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59158,
    "c": 0.21858,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438B3

secondary

#8CCC93

accent

#DF5B49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438B3

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

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