#C538C4#C538C4

#C538C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.232 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538C4
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 0.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 70.48, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 83.07, 328.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1971 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.232 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4035, 18.6867, 54.0087)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538C4 #38C539

analogous

#8038C5 #C538C4 #C5387D

triadic

#C538C4 #C4C538 #38C4C5

tetradic

#C538C4 #C58038 #38C539 #387DC5

square

#C538C4 #C58038 #38C539 #387DC5

split-complementary

#C538C4 #7DC538 #38C580

monochromatic

#661D65 #952A95 #C538C4 #D467D3 #E196E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C538C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C538C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538C4

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538C4	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.232 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd6',
    500: '#c538c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538c4;
$custom-light: #da7cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.426,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6022,
    "c": 0.23165,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538C4

secondary

#8CCD8D

accent

#DF4A49

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538C4

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

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