#C538C6#C538C6

#C538C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.233 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538C6
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 70.80, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 83.87, 327.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1971 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.233 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6327, 18.7783, 55.2156)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538C6 #39C638

analogous

#7E38C6 #C538C6 #C63880

triadic

#C538C6 #C6C538 #38C6C5

tetradic

#C538C6 #C67E38 #39C638 #3880C6

square

#C538C6 #C67E38 #39C638 #3880C6

split-complementary

#C538C6 #80C638 #38C67E

monochromatic

#661D67 #962B96 #C538C6 #D367D4 #E197E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C538C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C538C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538C6

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538C6	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B6CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.233 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd8',
    500: '#c538c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538c6;
$custom-light: #da7cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.577,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60333,
    "c": 0.23316,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538C6

secondary

#8DCD8D

accent

#DF494A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538C6

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

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