#C538B9#C538B9

#C538B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.223 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538B9
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 6.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.74, 68.75, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.74, 78.79, 330.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1968 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.223 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1971, 18.2041, 47.6548)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538B9 #38C544

analogous

#8A38C5 #C538B9 #C53873

triadic

#C538B9 #B9C538 #38B9C5

tetradic

#C538B9 #C58A38 #38C544 #3873C5

square

#C538B9 #C58A38 #38C544 #3873C5

split-complementary

#C538B9 #73C538 #38C58A

monochromatic

#661D5F #952A8C #C538B9 #D467CA #E196DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#C538B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#C538B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538B9

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538B9	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E6ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.223 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cce',
    500: '#c538b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538b9;
$custom-light: #da7cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.106,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59621,
    "c": 0.22345,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538B9

secondary

#8CCD92

accent

#DF5649

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538B9

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

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