#C438C6#C438C6

#C438C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.233 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438C6
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 70.59, -45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 83.83, 327.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.196 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.233 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3717, 18.6437, 55.2034)
Luminance	0.1864 (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

#C438C6 #3AC638

analogous

#7D38C6 #C438C6 #C63881

triadic

#C438C6 #C6C438 #38C6C4

tetradic

#C438C6 #C67D38 #3AC638 #3881C6

square

#C438C6 #C67D38 #3AC638 #3881C6

split-complementary

#C438C6 #81C638 #38C67D

monochromatic

#661D67 #952B96 #C438C6 #D367D4 #E097E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C438C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C438C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438C6

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438C6	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#196CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.233 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd8',
    500: '#c438c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438c6;
$custom-light: #da7cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.155,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60188,
    "c": 0.23269,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438C6

secondary

#8ECD8D

accent

#DF494B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438C6

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

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