#C438C1#C438C1

#C438C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.229 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438C1
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 1.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 69.78, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 81.84, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.196 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.229 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8044, 18.4169, 52.2161)
Luminance	0.1841 (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

#C438C1 #38C43B

analogous

#8138C4 #C438C1 #C4387B

triadic

#C438C1 #C1C438 #38C1C4

tetradic

#C438C1 #C48138 #38C43B #387BC4

square

#C438C1 #C48138 #38C43B #387BC4

split-complementary

#C438C1 #7BC438 #38C481

monochromatic

#651D63 #942A92 #C438C1 #D366D1 #E196DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C438C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C438C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438C1

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438C1	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.229 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd4',
    500: '#c438c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438c1;
$custom-light: #da7cd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59908,
    "c": 0.22889,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438C1

secondary

#8CCC8D

accent

#DF4C49

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438C1

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

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