#C738BC#C738BC

#C738BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.227 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C738BC
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 5.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 69.66, -39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 80.06, 330.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.1989 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.227 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0444, 18.6040, 49.3651)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C738BC #38C743

analogous

#8A38C7 #C738BC #C73875

triadic

#C738BC #BCC738 #38BCC7

tetradic

#C738BC #C78A38 #38C743 #3875C7

square

#C738BC #C78A38 #38C743 #3875C7

split-complementary

#C738BC #75C738 #38C78A

monochromatic

#671D62 #972B8F #C738BC #D468CC #E298DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C738BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C738BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C738BC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C738BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C738BC	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c738bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.227 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7cd0',
    500: '#c738bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c738bc;
$custom-light: #dc7cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c738bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60076,
    "c": 0.22668,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C738BC

secondary

#8DCD92

accent

#DF5448

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C738BC

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

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