#C438B6#C438B6

#C438B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.221 H 332.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438B6
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(306, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 7.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 68.06, -37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 77.59, 331.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.1956 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.221 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6227, 17.9442, 45.9923)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438B6 #38C446

analogous

#8C38C4 #C438B6 #C43870

triadic

#C438B6 #B6C438 #38B6C4

tetradic

#C438B6 #C48C38 #38C446 #3870C4

square

#C438B6 #C48C38 #38C446 #3870C4

split-complementary

#C438B6 #70C438 #38C48C

monochromatic

#651D5E #942A8A #C438B6 #D366C8 #E196D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C438B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C438B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438B6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438B6	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3069B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.221 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7ccc',
    500: '#c438b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438b6;
$custom-light: #da7ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59314,
    "c": 0.22074,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438B6

secondary

#8CCC92

accent

#DF5849

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438B6

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

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