#C196EF#C196EF

#C196EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.132 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C196EF
RGB	rgb(193, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(269, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 32.99, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 50.90, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.077 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.132 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4755, 39.3824, 86.6924)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C196EF #C4EF96

analogous

#9698EF #C196EF #EE96EF

triadic

#C196EF #EFC196 #96EFC1

tetradic

#C196EF #EF9698 #C4EF96 #96EFEE

square

#C196EF #EF9698 #C4EF96 #96EFEE

split-complementary

#C196EF #EFEE96 #98EF96

monochromatic

#822CDF #A261E7 #C196EF #E0CBF7 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C196EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C196EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C196EF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C196EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C196EF	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c196ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.132 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b5f4',
    500: '#c196ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c196ef;
$custom-light: #d5b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c196ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.989,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74616,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C196EF

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D61076

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C196EF

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

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