#C538BF#C538BF

#C538BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.228 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538BF
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(303, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 69.68, -41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 81.10, 329.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.197 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.228 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8439, 18.4628, 51.0613)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538BF #38C53E

analogous

#8438C5 #C538BF #C53879

triadic

#C538BF #BFC538 #38BFC5

tetradic

#C538BF #C58438 #38C53E #3879C5

square

#C538BF #C58438 #38C53E #3879C5

split-complementary

#C538BF #79C538 #38C584

monochromatic

#661D63 #952A91 #C538BF #D467CF #E196DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C538BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C538BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538BF

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538BF	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#276BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.228 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd3',
    500: '#c538bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538bf;
$custom-light: #da7cd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.553,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59944,
    "c": 0.22788,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538BF

secondary

#8CCD8F

accent

#DF4F49

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538BF

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

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