#C838C4#C838C4

#C838C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.233 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C838C4
RGB	rgb(200, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(302, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 2%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 71.13, -43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 83.21, 328.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.2002 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.233 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1971, 19.0959, 54.0459)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C838C4 #38C83C

analogous

#8438C8 #C838C4 #C8387C

triadic

#C838C4 #C4C838 #38C4C8

tetradic

#C838C4 #C88438 #38C83C #387CC8

square

#C838C4 #C88438 #38C83C #387CC8

split-complementary

#C838C4 #7CC838 #38C884

monochromatic

#691D67 #992A96 #C838C4 #D568D2 #E398E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C838C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C838C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C838C4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C838C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C838C4	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c838c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.233 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7dd6',
    500: '#c838c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c838c4;
$custom-light: #dd7dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c838c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60657,
    "c": 0.23308,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C838C4

secondary

#8ECE90

accent

#E04C48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C838C4

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

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