#C738C3#C738C3

#C738C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.232 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C738C3
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 70.75, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 82.77, 328.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1991 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.232 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8174, 18.9132, 53.4360)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C738C3 #38C73C

analogous

#8338C7 #C738C3 #C7387C

triadic

#C738C3 #C3C738 #38C3C7

tetradic

#C738C3 #C78338 #38C73C #387CC7

square

#C738C3 #C78338 #38C73C #387CC7

split-complementary

#C738C3 #7CC738 #38C783

monochromatic

#671D65 #972B94 #C738C3 #D468D1 #E298E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C738C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#C738C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C738C3

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C738C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C738C3	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c738c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.232 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7cd6',
    500: '#c738c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c738c3;
$custom-light: #dc7cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c738c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.678,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60456,
    "c": 0.23185,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C738C3

secondary

#8DCD8F

accent

#DF4D48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C738C3

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

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