#C738C5#C738C5

#C738C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.233 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C738C5
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 71.07, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 83.56, 328.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.1992 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.233 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0450, 19.0043, 54.6349)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C738C5 #38C73A

analogous

#8138C7 #C738C5 #C7387E

triadic

#C738C5 #C5C738 #38C5C7

tetradic

#C738C5 #C78138 #38C73A #387EC7

square

#C738C5 #C78138 #38C73A #387EC7

split-complementary

#C738C5 #7EC738 #38C781

monochromatic

#671D66 #972B96 #C738C5 #D468D3 #E298E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C738C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C738C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C738C5

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C738C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C738C5	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#206DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c738c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.233 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7dd7',
    500: '#c738c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c738c5;
$custom-light: #dc7dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c738c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.839,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60567,
    "c": 0.23335,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C738C5

secondary

#8DCD8E

accent

#DF4B48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C738C5

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

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