#C73CC8#C73CC8

#C73CC8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.231 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C73CC8
RGB	rgb(199, 60, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 70%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 70.22, -44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 83.23, 327.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.1954 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.231 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5939, 19.5465, 56.5305)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C73CC8 #3DC83C

analogous

#813CC8 #C73CC8 #C83C83

triadic

#C73CC8 #C8C73C #3CC8C7

tetradic

#C73CC8 #C8813C #3DC83C #3C83C8

square

#C73CC8 #C8813C #3DC83C #3C83C8

split-complementary

#C73CC8 #83C83C #3CC881

monochromatic

#6B1E6B #9A2C9B #C73CC8 #D56CD5 #E29BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C73CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C73CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C73CC8

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C73CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C73CC8	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#226FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD517E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c73cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 60, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.231 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7ed9',
    500: '#c73cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c73cc8;
$custom-light: #dc7ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c73cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61069,
    "c": 0.23131,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C73CC8

secondary

#91CF91

accent

#DF494A

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C73CC8

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

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