#C438C4#C438C4

#C438C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.231 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438C4
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 70.26, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 83.03, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.196 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.231 328)
XYZ	xyz(34.1425, 18.5521, 53.9965)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438C4 #38C438

analogous

#7E38C4 #C438C4 #C4387E

triadic

#C438C4 #C4C438 #38C4C4

tetradic

#C438C4 #C47E38 #38C438 #387EC4

square

#C438C4 #C47E38 #38C438 #387EC4

split-complementary

#C438C4 #7EC438 #38C47E

monochromatic

#651D65 #942A94 #C438C4 #D366D3 #E196E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#C438C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C438C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438C4

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438C4	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.231 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd6',
    500: '#c438c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438c4;
$custom-light: #da7cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60075,
    "c": 0.23116,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.1855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438C4

secondary

#8CCC8C

accent

#DF4949

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438C4

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

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