#C438C0#C438C0

#C438C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.228 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438C0
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 192)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 69.62, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 81.44, 328.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.196 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.228 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6933, 18.3724, 51.6306)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438C0 #38C43C

analogous

#8238C4 #C438C0 #C4387A

triadic

#C438C0 #C0C438 #38C0C4

tetradic

#C438C0 #C48238 #38C43C #387AC4

square

#C438C0 #C48238 #38C43C #387AC4

split-complementary

#C438C0 #7AC438 #38C482

monochromatic

#651D63 #942A91 #C438C0 #D366D0 #E196DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#C438C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C438C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438C0

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438C0	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#246BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.228 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd3',
    500: '#c438c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438c0;
$custom-light: #da7cd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59852,
    "c": 0.22814,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438C0

secondary

#8CCC8D

accent

#DF4D49

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438C0

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

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