#C196DF#C196DF

#C196DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C196DF
RGB	rgb(193, 150, 223)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 32.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 29.50, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 42.79, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0733 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.112 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2156, 38.4784, 74.7902)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C196DF #B4DF96

analogous

#9C96DF #C196DF #DF96D9

triadic

#C196DF #DFC196 #96DFC1

tetradic

#C196DF #DF9C96 #B4DF96 #96D9DF

square

#C196DF #DF9C96 #B4DF96 #96D9DF

split-complementary

#C196DF #D9DF96 #96DF9C

monochromatic

#893BC0 #A567D1 #C196DF #DDC5ED #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C196DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C196DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C196DF

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C196DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C196DF	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c196df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 150, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b5e9',
    500: '#c196df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c196df;
$custom-light: #d4b5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c196df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.342,
    "s": 53.285,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73902,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C196DF

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C12565

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C196DF

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

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