#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
RGBrgb(196, 56, 185)
HSLhsl(305, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(305, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.4%, 5.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(49.58, 68.52, -38.77)
CIE-LCHlch(49.58, 78.73, 330.50°)
OKLaboklab(59.47% 0.1958 -0.1067)
OKLCHoklch(59.47% 0.223 331.4)
XYZxyz(32.9361, 18.0695, 47.6426)
Luminance0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##C438B91.004.554.614.61
#FFFFFF4.551.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6121.001.001.00
##0000004.6121.001.001.00

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

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#C438B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva