#C197DA#C197DA

#C197DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C197DA
RGB	rgb(193, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(278, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 27.90, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 39.65, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0706 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.105 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7117, 38.5333, 71.3457)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C197DA #B0DA97

analogous

#A097DA #C197DA #DA97D2

triadic

#C197DA #DAC197 #97DAC1

tetradic

#C197DA #DAA097 #B0DA97 #97D2DA

square

#C197DA #DAA097 #B0DA97 #97D2DA

split-complementary

#C197DA #D2DA97 #97DAA0

monochromatic

#8A41B6 #A66ACA #C197DA #DCC4EA #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C197DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C197DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C197DA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C197DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C197DA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c197da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b6e5',
    500: '#c197da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c197da;
$custom-light: #d4b6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c197da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.612,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73869,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C197DA

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BB2B60

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C197DA

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

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