#C438B9#C438B9

#C438B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.223 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438B9
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 5.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 68.52, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 78.73, 330.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.1958 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.223 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9361, 18.0695, 47.6426)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438B9 #38C443

analogous

#8938C4 #C438B9 #C43873

triadic

#C438B9 #B9C438 #38B9C4

tetradic

#C438B9 #C48938 #38C443 #3873C4

square

#C438B9 #C48938 #38C443 #3873C4

split-complementary

#C438B9 #73C438 #38C489

monochromatic

#651D5F #942A8C #C438B9 #D366CB #E196DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C438B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C438B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438B9

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438B9	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D69BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.223 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cce',
    500: '#c438b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438b9;
$custom-light: #da7cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59473,
    "c": 0.22294,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438B9

secondary

#8CCC91

accent

#DF5549

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438B9

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

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