#C438C3#C438C3

#C438C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.230 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438C3
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 0.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 70.10, -43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 82.63, 328.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.196 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.23 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0291, 18.5067, 53.3990)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438C3 #38C439

analogous

#7F38C4 #C438C3 #C4387D

triadic

#C438C3 #C3C438 #38C3C4

tetradic

#C438C3 #C47F38 #38C439 #387DC4

square

#C438C3 #C47F38 #38C439 #387DC4

split-complementary

#C438C3 #7DC438 #38C47F

monochromatic

#651D64 #942A94 #C438C3 #D366D2 #E196E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C438C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C438C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438C3

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438C3	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.230 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd6',
    500: '#c438c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438c3;
$custom-light: #da7cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60019,
    "c": 0.23041,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438C3

secondary

#8CCC8C

accent

#DF4A49

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438C3

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

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