#C838B5#C838B5

#C838B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.222 H 333.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C838B5
RGB	rgb(200, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(308, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 9.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 68.82, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 77.52, 332.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1996 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.222 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5744, 18.4468, 45.4994)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C838B5 #38C84B

analogous

#9338C8 #C838B5 #C8386D

triadic

#C838B5 #B5C838 #38B5C8

tetradic

#C838B5 #C89338 #38C84B #386DC8

square

#C838B5 #C89338 #38C84B #386DC8

split-complementary

#C838B5 #6DC838 #38C893

monochromatic

#691D5F #992A8A #C838B5 #D568C7 #E398D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C838B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C838B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C838B5

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C838B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C838B5	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c838b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.222 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7ccb',
    500: '#c838b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c838b5;
$custom-light: #dd7ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c838b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59859,
    "c": 0.22218,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C838B5

secondary

#8ECE96

accent

#E05C48

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C838B5

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

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