#C196CA#C196CA

#C196CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.088 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C196CA
RGB	rgb(193, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(290, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 25.20, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 32.53, 320.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0675 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.088 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5579, 37.4154, 60.7930)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C196CA #9FCA96

analogous

#A796CA #C196CA #CA96B9

triadic

#C196CA #CAC196 #96CAC1

tetradic

#C196CA #CAA796 #9FCA96 #96B9CA

square

#C196CA #CAA796 #9FCA96 #96B9CA

split-complementary

#C196CA #B9CA96 #96CAA7

monochromatic

#8C4D99 #A96DB5 #C196CA #D9BFDF #F1E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C196CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C196CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C196CA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C196CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C196CA	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c196ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.088 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b5da',
    500: '#c196ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c196ca;
$custom-light: #d4b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c196ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.615,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73044,
    "c": 0.08756,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C196CA

secondary

#D9E6D6

accent

#AC3A4E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C196CA

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

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