#C538C0#C538C0

#C538C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.229 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538C0
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 192)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 2.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 69.84, -42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 81.49, 328.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.197 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.229 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9543, 18.5070, 51.6428)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538C0 #38C53D

analogous

#8438C5 #C538C0 #C53879

triadic

#C538C0 #C0C538 #38C0C5

tetradic

#C538C0 #C58438 #38C53D #3879C5

square

#C538C0 #C58438 #38C53D #3879C5

split-complementary

#C538C0 #79C538 #38C584

monochromatic

#661D63 #952A92 #C538C0 #D467D0 #E196DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C538C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C538C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538C0

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538C0	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.229 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd3',
    500: '#c538c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538c0;
$custom-light: #da7cd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.128,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59998,
    "c": 0.22863,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538C0

secondary

#8CCD8E

accent

#DF4E49

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538C0

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

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