#C438B8#C438B8

#C438B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.222 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438B8
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 6.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 68.37, -38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 78.35, 330.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1957 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.222 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8309, 18.0274, 47.0886)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438B8 #38C444

analogous

#8A38C4 #C438B8 #C43872

triadic

#C438B8 #B8C438 #38B8C4

tetradic

#C438B8 #C48A38 #38C444 #3872C4

square

#C438B8 #C48A38 #38C444 #3872C4

split-complementary

#C438B8 #72C438 #38C48A

monochromatic

#651D5F #942A8B #C438B8 #D366CA #E196DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C438B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C438B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438B8

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438B8	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#2E69BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.222 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cce',
    500: '#c438b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438b8;
$custom-light: #da7cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59419,
    "c": 0.2222,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438B8

secondary

#8CCC91

accent

#DF5649

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438B8

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

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