#C538CB#C538CB

#C538CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.237 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538CB
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(298, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 71.62, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 85.89, 326.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.197 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.237 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2189, 19.0128, 58.3032)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538CB #3ECB38

analogous

#7B38CB #C538CB #CB3887

triadic

#C538CB #CBC538 #38CBC5

tetradic

#C538CB #CB7B38 #3ECB38 #3887CB

square

#C538CB #CB7B38 #3ECB38 #3887CB

split-complementary

#C538CB #87CB38 #38CB7B

monochromatic

#691C6C #98299D #C538CB #D369D8 #E199E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C538CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C538CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538CB

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538CB	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E6DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA507F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.237 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7ddb',
    500: '#c538cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538cb;
$custom-light: #db7ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.551,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60618,
    "c": 0.23699,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538CB

secondary

#91D08F

accent

#E2464C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538CB

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

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