#C196BF#C196BF

#C196BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.076 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C196BF
RGB	rgb(193, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(303, 26%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(303, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 23.08, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 27.53, 326.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0641 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.076 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3017, 36.9129, 54.1767)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C196BF #96C198

analogous

#AE96C1 #C196BF #C196AA

triadic

#C196BF #BFC196 #96BFC1

tetradic

#C196BF #C1AE96 #96C198 #96AAC1

square

#C196BF #C1AE96 #96C198 #96AAC1

split-complementary

#C196BF #AAC196 #96C1AE

monochromatic

#8B5288 #AA70A8 #C196BF #D8BCD6 #EEE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C196BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C196BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C196BF

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C196BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C196BF	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C499A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c196bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.076 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b5d2',
    500: '#c196bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c196bf;
$custom-light: #d4b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c196bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.791,
    "s": 25.749,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72632,
    "c": 0.07571,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C196BF

secondary

#D3E0D3

accent

#A44641

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C196BF

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

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