#C196CF#C196CF

#C196CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.093 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C196CF
RGB	rgb(193, 150, 207)
HSL	hsl(285, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(285, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 26.19, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 34.91, 318.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.069 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.093 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1595, 37.6560, 63.9614)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C196CF #A4CF96

analogous

#A496CF #C196CF #CF96C1

triadic

#C196CF #CFC196 #96CFC1

tetradic

#C196CF #CFA496 #A4CF96 #96C1CF

square

#C196CF #CFA496 #A4CF96 #96C1CF

split-complementary

#C196CF #C1CF96 #96CFA4

monochromatic

#8C4AA1 #A86CBC #C196CF #DAC0E2 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C196CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C196CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C196CF

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C196CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C196CF	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c196cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 150, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.093 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b5dd',
    500: '#c196cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c196cf;
$custom-light: #d4b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c196cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.263,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7324,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C196CF

secondary

#DCE8D8

accent

#B03553

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C196CF

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

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