#C538C5#C538C5

#C538C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.232 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538C5
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 70.64, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 83.47, 327.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.1971 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.232 328)
XYZ	xyz(34.5177, 18.7324, 54.6102)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538C5 #38C538

analogous

#7F38C5 #C538C5 #C5387F

triadic

#C538C5 #C5C538 #38C5C5

tetradic

#C538C5 #C57F38 #38C538 #387FC5

square

#C538C5 #C57F38 #38C538 #387FC5

split-complementary

#C538C5 #7FC538 #38C57F

monochromatic

#661D66 #952A95 #C538C5 #D467D4 #E196E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C538C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C538C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538C5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538C5	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.232 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd7',
    500: '#c538c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538c5;
$custom-light: #da7cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60276,
    "c": 0.2324,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.1873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538C5

secondary

#8CCD8C

accent

#DF4949

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538C5

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

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