#C196FF#C196FF

#C196FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.152 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C196FF
RGB	rgb(193, 150, 255)
HSL	hsl(265, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(265, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 41.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 36.62, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 59.10, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0801 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.152 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9447, 40.3701, 99.6966)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C196FF #D4FF96

analogous

#96A0FF #C196FF #F596FF

triadic

#C196FF #FFC196 #96FFC1

tetradic

#C196FF #FF96A0 #D4FF96 #96FFF5

square

#C196FF #FF96A0 #D4FF96 #96FFF5

split-complementary

#C196FF #FFF596 #A0FF96

monochromatic

#791CFF #9D59FF #C196FF #E5D3FF #EDE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C196FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C196FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C196FF

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C196FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C196FF	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c196ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 150, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.152 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b5ff',
    500: '#c196ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c196ff;
$custom-light: #d5b5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c196ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.571,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7538,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C196FF

secondary

#E9F7D4

accent

#E60088

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C196FF

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

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