#C538BE#C538BE

#C538BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.227 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538BE
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(303, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 69.52, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 80.71, 329.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.197 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.227 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7342, 18.4190, 50.4837)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538BE #38C53F

analogous

#8638C5 #C538BE #C53877

triadic

#C538BE #BEC538 #38BEC5

tetradic

#C538BE #C58638 #38C53F #3877C5

square

#C538BE #C58638 #38C53F #3877C5

split-complementary

#C538BE #77C538 #38C586

monochromatic

#661D62 #952A90 #C538BE #D467CE #E196DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C538BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C538BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538BE

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538BE	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#286BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.227 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd2',
    500: '#c538be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538be;
$custom-light: #da7cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.979,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59889,
    "c": 0.22715,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538BE

secondary

#8CCD8F

accent

#DF5049

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538BE

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

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