#C838C5#C838C5

#C838C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.234 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C838C5
RGB	rgb(200, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(301, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 1.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 71.28, -43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 83.60, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.2002 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.234 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3113, 19.1416, 54.6474)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C838C5 #38C83B

analogous

#8338C8 #C838C5 #C8387D

triadic

#C838C5 #C5C838 #38C5C8

tetradic

#C838C5 #C88338 #38C83B #387DC8

square

#C838C5 #C88338 #38C83B #387DC8

split-complementary

#C838C5 #7DC838 #38C883

monochromatic

#691D67 #992A96 #C838C5 #D568D3 #E398E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C838C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C838C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C838C5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C838C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C838C5	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)

#216DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c838c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.234 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7dd7',
    500: '#c838c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c838c5;
$custom-light: #dd7dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c838c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60713,
    "c": 0.23384,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C838C5

secondary

#8ECE8F

accent

#E04B48

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCEFFA

border

#D5CAD3

text

#160B14

muted

#847C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C838C5

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

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