#C196EB#C196EB

#C196EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.127 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C196EB
RGB	rgb(193, 150, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(270, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 32.10, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 48.86, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0761 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.127 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8911, 39.1487, 83.6146)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C196EB #C0EB96

analogous

#9696EB #C196EB #EB96EA

triadic

#C196EB #EBC196 #96EBC1

tetradic

#C196EB #EB9696 #C0EB96 #96EAEB

square

#C196EB #EB9696 #C0EB96 #96EAEB

split-complementary

#C196EB #EAEB96 #96EB96

monochromatic

#842FD7 #A363E1 #C196EB #DFC9F5 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C196EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C196EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C196EB

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C196EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C196EB	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c196eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 150, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.127 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b5f1',
    500: '#c196eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c196eb;
$custom-light: #d5b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c196eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74433,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C196EB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D01672

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C196EB

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

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