#C438B4#C438B4

#C438B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.219 H 333.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438B4
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 8.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 67.75, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 76.84, 331.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.1955 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.219 333)
XYZ	xyz(32.4175, 17.8621, 44.9115)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438B4 #38C448

analogous

#8E38C4 #C438B4 #C4386E

triadic

#C438B4 #B4C438 #38B4C4

tetradic

#C438B4 #C48E38 #38C448 #386EC4

square

#C438B4 #C48E38 #38C448 #386EC4

split-complementary

#C438B4 #6EC438 #38C48E

monochromatic

#651D5D #942A88 #C438B4 #D366C7 #E196D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C438B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C438B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C438B4

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C438B4	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3268B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.219 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7ccb',
    500: '#c438b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438b4;
$custom-light: #da7ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5921,
    "c": 0.2193,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.17859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438B4

secondary

#8CCC93

accent

#DF5A49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438B4

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

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