#C538C1#C538C1

#C538C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.229 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538C1
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 70.00, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 81.89, 328.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.197 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.229 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0655, 18.5515, 52.2283)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538C1 #38C53C

analogous

#8338C5 #C538C1 #C5387B

triadic

#C538C1 #C1C538 #38C1C5

tetradic

#C538C1 #C58338 #38C53C #387BC5

square

#C538C1 #C58338 #38C53C #387BC5

split-complementary

#C538C1 #7BC538 #38C583

monochromatic

#661D64 #952A92 #C538C1 #D467D1 #E196DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#C538C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C538C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538C1

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538C1	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#246BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.229 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd4',
    500: '#c538c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538c1;
$custom-light: #da7cd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.702,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60054,
    "c": 0.22938,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538C1

secondary

#8CCD8E

accent

#DF4D49

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538C1

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

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