#C738BE#C738BE

#C738BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.228 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C738BE
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 4.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 69.97, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 80.83, 329.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.199 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.228 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2615, 18.6909, 50.5084)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C738BE #38C741

analogous

#8838C7 #C738BE #C73877

triadic

#C738BE #BEC738 #38BEC7

tetradic

#C738BE #C78838 #38C741 #3877C7

square

#C738BE #C78838 #38C741 #3877C7

split-complementary

#C738BE #77C738 #38C788

monochromatic

#671D63 #972B90 #C738BE #D468CE #E298DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C738BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C738BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C738BE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C738BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C738BE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A6BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c738be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.228 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7cd2',
    500: '#c738be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c738be;
$custom-light: #dc7cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c738be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.776,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60183,
    "c": 0.22814,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C738BE

secondary

#8DCD91

accent

#DF5248

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF9

border

#D5CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C738BE

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

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