#C438CA#C438CA

#C438CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.236 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438CA
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(298, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 71.24, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 85.45, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.196 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.236 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8391, 18.8307, 57.6654)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438CA #3ECA38

analogous

#7B38CA #C438CA #CA3887

triadic

#C438CA #CAC438 #38CAC4

tetradic

#C438CA #CA7B38 #3ECA38 #3887CA

square

#C438CA #CA7B38 #3ECA38 #3887CA

split-complementary

#C438CA #87CA38 #38CA7B

monochromatic

#681D6B #97299B #C438CA #D268D7 #E199E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C438CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C438CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438CA

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438CA	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F6DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9507E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.236 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cdb',
    500: '#c438ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438ca;
$custom-light: #da7cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.534,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60417,
    "c": 0.23576,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438CA

secondary

#91CF8E

accent

#E1474D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438CA

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

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