#C538B8#C538B8

#C538B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.223 H 332.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538B8
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(306, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(306, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 6.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 68.59, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 78.41, 331.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.1967 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.223 332)
XYZ	xyz(33.0919, 18.1620, 47.1008)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538B8 #38C545

analogous

#8C38C5 #C538B8 #C53872

triadic

#C538B8 #B8C538 #38B8C5

tetradic

#C538B8 #C58C38 #38C545 #3872C5

square

#C538B8 #C58C38 #38C545 #3872C5

split-complementary

#C538B8 #72C538 #38C58C

monochromatic

#661D5F #952A8B #C538B8 #D467CA #E196DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#C538B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C538B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538B8

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538B8	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F69BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.223 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cce',
    500: '#c538b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538b8;
$custom-light: #da7cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.532,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59568,
    "c": 0.22273,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.18159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538B8

secondary

#8CCD92

accent

#DF5749

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538B8

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

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