#C196CD#C196CD

#C196CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.091 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C196CD
RGB	rgb(193, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(287, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 25.79, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 33.95, 319.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0684 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.091 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9166, 37.5588, 62.6819)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C196CD #A2CD96

analogous

#A696CD #C196CD #CD96BE

triadic

#C196CD #CDC196 #96CDC1

tetradic

#C196CD #CDA696 #A2CD96 #96BECD

square

#C196CD #CDA696 #A2CD96 #96BECD

split-complementary

#C196CD #BECD96 #96CDA6

monochromatic

#8C4B9E #A96DB9 #C196CD #D9BFE1 #F2E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C196CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#C196CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C196CD

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C196CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C196CD	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c196cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.091 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b5dc',
    500: '#c196cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c196cd;
$custom-light: #d4b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c196cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.909,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C196CD

secondary

#DBE7D8

accent

#AE3751

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C196CD

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

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