#C196DA#C196DA

#C196DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.106 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C196DA
RGB	rgb(193, 150, 218)
HSL	hsl(278, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 31.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 28.45, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 40.30, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.072 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.106 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5515, 38.2128, 71.2922)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C196DA #AFDA96

analogous

#9F96DA #C196DA #DA96D1

triadic

#C196DA #DAC196 #96DAC1

tetradic

#C196DA #DA9F96 #AFDA96 #96D1DA

square

#C196DA #DA9F96 #AFDA96 #96D1DA

split-complementary

#C196DA #D1DA96 #96DA9F

monochromatic

#8A40B6 #A669CA #C196DA #DCC3EA #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C196DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C196DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C196DA

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C196DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C196DA	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c196da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 150, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.106 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b5e5',
    500: '#c196da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c196da;
$custom-light: #d4b5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c196da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.941,
    "s": 47.887,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73689,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C196DA

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BB2A60

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C196DA

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

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