#C438C5#C438C5

#C438C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.232 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438C5
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 70.42, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 83.43, 327.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.196 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.232 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2567, 18.5978, 54.5979)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438C5 #39C538

analogous

#7D38C5 #C438C5 #C53880

triadic

#C438C5 #C5C438 #38C5C4

tetradic

#C438C5 #C57D38 #39C538 #3880C5

square

#C438C5 #C57D38 #39C538 #3880C5

split-complementary

#C438C5 #80C538 #38C57D

monochromatic

#651D66 #952A95 #C438C5 #D367D4 #E196E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C438C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C438C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438C5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438C5	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C6CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.232 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd7',
    500: '#c438c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438c5;
$custom-light: #da7cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.574,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60131,
    "c": 0.23192,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438C5

secondary

#8DCD8C

accent

#DF494A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438C5

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

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