#C838B3#C838B3

#C838B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.221 H 334.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C838B3
RGB	rgb(200, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(309, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 10.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 68.52, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 76.79, 333.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.1994 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.221 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3706, 18.3653, 44.4264)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C838B3 #38C84D

analogous

#9538C8 #C838B3 #C8386B

triadic

#C838B3 #B3C838 #38B3C8

tetradic

#C838B3 #C89538 #38C84D #386BC8

square

#C838B3 #C89538 #38C84D #386BC8

split-complementary

#C838B3 #6BC838 #38C895

monochromatic

#691D5E #992A89 #C838B3 #D568C5 #E398D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#C838B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C838B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C838B3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C838B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C838B3	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3669B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D24472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c838b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.221 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7cca',
    500: '#c838b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c838b3;
$custom-light: #dd7cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c838b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59757,
    "c": 0.22077,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C838B3

secondary

#8ECE97

accent

#E05E48

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C838B3

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

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