#C738BF#C738BF

#C738BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.229 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C738BF
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(303, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 70.12, -40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 81.21, 329.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.1991 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.229 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3712, 18.7347, 51.0860)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C738BF #38C740

analogous

#8838C7 #C738BF #C73877

triadic

#C738BF #BFC738 #38BFC7

tetradic

#C738BF #C78838 #38C740 #3877C7

square

#C738BF #C78838 #38C740 #3877C7

split-complementary

#C738BF #77C738 #38C788

monochromatic

#671D63 #972B91 #C738BF #D468CE #E298DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C738BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C738BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C738BF

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C738BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C738BF	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296BC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c738bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.229 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7cd3',
    500: '#c738bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c738bf;
$custom-light: #dc7cd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c738bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.357,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60237,
    "c": 0.22888,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C738BF

secondary

#8DCD91

accent

#DF5148

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C738BF

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

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