#C538C7#C538C7

#C538C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.234 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538C7
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 70.96, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 84.27, 327.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.1971 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.234 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7484, 18.8246, 55.8251)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538C7 #3AC738

analogous

#7E38C7 #C538C7 #C73881

triadic

#C538C7 #C7C538 #38C7C5

tetradic

#C538C7 #C77E38 #3AC738 #3881C7

square

#C538C7 #C77E38 #3AC738 #3881C7

split-complementary

#C538C7 #81C738 #38C77E

monochromatic

#661D67 #962B97 #C538C7 #D368D4 #E198E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C538C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C538C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538C7

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538C7	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	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)

#196DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.234 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7cd8',
    500: '#c538c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538c7;
$custom-light: #da7cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.161,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60389,
    "c": 0.23391,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538C7

secondary

#8ECD8D

accent

#DF484B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538C7

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

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