#C738B2#C738B2

#C738B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.220 H 334.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C738B2
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 10.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, 68.15, -34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 76.34, 333.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.1983 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.22 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0036, 18.1877, 43.8832)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C738B2 #38C74D

analogous

#9438C7 #C738B2 #C7386B

triadic

#C738B2 #B2C738 #38B2C7

tetradic

#C738B2 #C79438 #38C74D #386BC7

square

#C738B2 #C79438 #38C74D #386BC7

split-complementary

#C738B2 #6BC738 #38C794

monochromatic

#671D5D #972B87 #C738B2 #D468C4 #E298D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#C738B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#C738B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C738B2

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C738B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C738B2	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3669B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c738b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.220 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7cc9',
    500: '#c738b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c738b2;
$custom-light: #dc7cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c738b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.811,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59556,
    "c": 0.21951,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C738B2

secondary

#8DCD97

accent

#DF5F48

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#150B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C738B2

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

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