#C438C2#C438C2

#C438C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.230 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438C2
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 69.94, -43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 82.23, 328.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.196 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.23 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9164, 18.4616, 52.8056)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438C2 #38C43A

analogous

#8038C4 #C438C2 #C4387C

triadic

#C438C2 #C2C438 #38C2C4

tetradic

#C438C2 #C48038 #38C43A #387CC4

square

#C438C2 #C48038 #38C43A #387CC4

split-complementary

#C438C2 #7CC438 #38C480

monochromatic

#651D64 #942A93 #C438C2 #D366D2 #E196E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C438C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C438C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438C2

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438C2	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.230 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd5',
    500: '#c438c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438c2;
$custom-light: #da7cd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59963,
    "c": 0.22965,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438C2

secondary

#8CCC8D

accent

#DF4B49

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438C2

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

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