#C438E7#C438E7

#C438E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.259 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C438E7
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 231)
HSL	hsl(288, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 75.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 76.25, -60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 97.61, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.1938 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.259 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6010, 20.3355, 77.4777)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C438E7 #5BE738

analogous

#6D38E7 #C438E7 #E738B3

triadic

#C438E7 #E7C438 #38E7C4

tetradic

#C438E7 #E76D38 #5BE738 #38B3E7

square

#C438E7 #E76D38 #5BE738 #38B3E7

split-complementary

#C438E7 #B3E738 #38E76D

monochromatic

#791293 #A618CA #C438E7 #D46FEE #E4A5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C438E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C438E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C438E7

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C438E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C438E7	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4281E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c438e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.259 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7eef',
    500: '#c438e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c438e7;
$custom-light: #da7eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c438e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62196,
    "c": 0.2587,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C438E7

secondary

#A8E199

accent

#F5335A

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCEFFD

border

#D5CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#847C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C438E7

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

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