#C438BD#C438BD

#C438BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.226 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438BD
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 69.15, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 80.27, 329.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.1959 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.226 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3643, 18.2408, 49.8978)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C438BD #38C43F

analogous

#8538C4 #C438BD #C43877

triadic

#C438BD #BDC438 #38BDC4

tetradic

#C438BD #C48538 #38C43F #3877C4

square

#C438BD #C48538 #38C43F #3877C4

split-complementary

#C438BD #77C438 #38C485

monochromatic

#651D61 #942A8F #C438BD #D366CE #E196DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#C438BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C438BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438BD

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438BD	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#286AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.226 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd1',
    500: '#c438bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438bd;
$custom-light: #da7cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59688,
    "c": 0.2259,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438BD

secondary

#8CCC8F

accent

#DF5049

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438BD

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

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