#C438BA#C438BA

#C438BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.224 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438BA
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 5.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 68.68, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 79.11, 330.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1958 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.224 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0420, 18.1119, 48.2005)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438BA #38C442

analogous

#8838C4 #C438BA #C43874

triadic

#C438BA #BAC438 #38BAC4

tetradic

#C438BA #C48838 #38C442 #3874C4

square

#C438BA #C48838 #38C442 #3874C4

split-complementary

#C438BA #74C438 #38C488

monochromatic

#651D60 #942A8D #C438BA #D366CB #E196DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C438BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C438BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438BA

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438BA	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.224 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7ccf',
    500: '#c438ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438ba;
$custom-light: #da7ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59526,
    "c": 0.22367,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438BA

secondary

#8CCC90

accent

#DF5449

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438BA

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

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