#C196BC#C196BC

#C196BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.073 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C196BC
RGB	rgb(193, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(307, 26%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(307, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 2.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 22.52, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 26.25, 329.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0631 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.073 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9749, 36.7822, 52.4557)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C196BC #96C19B

analogous

#B196C1 #C196BC #C196A6

triadic

#C196BC #BCC196 #96BCC1

tetradic

#C196BC #C1B196 #96C19B #96A6C1

square

#C196BC #C1B196 #96C19B #96A6C1

split-complementary

#C196BC #A6C196 #96C1B1

monochromatic

#8B5284 #AA70A3 #C196BC #D8BCD5 #EEE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C196BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C196BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C196BC

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C196BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C196BC	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C599A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c196bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.073 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b5d0',
    500: '#c196bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c196bc;
$custom-light: #d4b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c196bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.977,
    "s": 25.749,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72524,
    "c": 0.07271,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C196BC

secondary

#D3E0D4

accent

#A44D41

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C196BC

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

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