#C738C8#C738C8

#C738C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.236 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C738C8
RGB	rgb(199, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 71.55, -45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 84.75, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.1992 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.236 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3922, 19.1431, 56.4633)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C738C8 #39C838

analogous

#7F38C8 #C738C8 #C83881

triadic

#C738C8 #C8C738 #38C8C7

tetradic

#C738C8 #C87F38 #39C838 #3881C8

square

#C738C8 #C87F38 #39C838 #3881C8

split-complementary

#C738C8 #81C838 #38C87F

monochromatic

#681D69 #982A99 #C738C8 #D468D5 #E298E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C738C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C738C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C738C8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C738C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C738C8	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A6DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c738c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.236 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7dd9',
    500: '#c738c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c738c8;
$custom-light: #dc7dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c738c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60735,
    "c": 0.23562,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C738C8

secondary

#8ECE8E

accent

#E04849

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C738C8

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

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