#C538C3#C538C3

#C538C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.231 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538C3
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 70.32, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 82.68, 328.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.1971 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.231 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2901, 18.6413, 53.4113)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538C3 #38C53A

analogous

#8138C5 #C538C3 #C5387D

triadic

#C538C3 #C3C538 #38C3C5

tetradic

#C538C3 #C58138 #38C53A #387DC5

square

#C538C3 #C58138 #38C53A #387DC5

split-complementary

#C538C3 #7DC538 #38C581

monochromatic

#661D65 #952A94 #C538C3 #D467D2 #E196E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C538C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C538C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538C3

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538C3	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.231 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd6',
    500: '#c538c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538c3;
$custom-light: #da7cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.851,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60164,
    "c": 0.23089,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538C3

secondary

#8CCD8D

accent

#DF4B49

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538C3

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

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