#C538BD#C538BD

#C538BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.226 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538BD
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(303, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 69.37, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 80.33, 329.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1969 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.226 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6253, 18.3754, 49.9100)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538BD #38C540

analogous

#8638C5 #C538BD #C53877

triadic

#C538BD #BDC538 #38BDC5

tetradic

#C538BD #C58638 #38C540 #3877C5

square

#C538BD #C58638 #38C540 #3877C5

split-complementary

#C538BD #77C538 #38C586

monochromatic

#661D62 #952A8F #C538BD #D467CD #E196DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#C538BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C538BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538BD

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538BD	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.226 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd1',
    500: '#c538bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538bd;
$custom-light: #da7cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.404,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59835,
    "c": 0.2264,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538BD

secondary

#8CCD90

accent

#DF5149

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538BD

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

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