#C538BB#C538BB

#C538BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.225 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538BB
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 69.06, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 79.56, 330.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.1969 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.225 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4097, 18.2892, 48.7746)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538BB #38C542

analogous

#8838C5 #C538BB #C53875

triadic

#C538BB #BBC538 #38BBC5

tetradic

#C538BB #C58838 #38C542 #3875C5

square

#C538BB #C58838 #38C542 #3875C5

split-complementary

#C538BB #75C538 #38C588

monochromatic

#661D61 #952A8E #C538BB #D467CC #E196DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C538BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C538BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538BB

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538BB	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.225 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd0',
    500: '#c538bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538bb;
$custom-light: #da7cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.255,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59727,
    "c": 0.22492,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538BB

secondary

#8CCD91

accent

#DF5349

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538BB

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

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