#C438B7#C438B7

#C438B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.221 H 332.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438B7
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(306, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 6.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 68.21, -37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 77.97, 331.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1957 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.221 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7264, 17.9857, 46.5385)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438B7 #38C445

analogous

#8B38C4 #C438B7 #C43871

triadic

#C438B7 #B7C438 #38B7C4

tetradic

#C438B7 #C48B38 #38C445 #3871C4

square

#C438B7 #C48B38 #38C445 #3871C4

split-complementary

#C438B7 #71C438 #38C48B

monochromatic

#651D5E #942A8B #C438B7 #D366C9 #E196DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C438B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C438B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438B7

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438B7	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F69BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.221 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7ccd',
    500: '#c438b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438b7;
$custom-light: #da7ccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59367,
    "c": 0.22147,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438B7

secondary

#8CCC92

accent

#DF5749

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438B7

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

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