#C296DD#C296DD

#C296DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.110 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C296DD
RGB	rgb(194, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(277, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 29.39, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 41.90, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.074 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.11 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2034, 38.5032, 73.3905)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C296DD #B1DD96

analogous

#9E96DD #C296DD #DD96D4

triadic

#C296DD #DDC296 #96DDC2

tetradic

#C296DD #DD9E96 #B1DD96 #96D4DD

square

#C296DD #DD9E96 #B1DD96 #96D4DD

split-complementary

#C296DD #D4DD96 #96DD9E

monochromatic

#8C3DBC #A768CE #C296DD #DDC4EC #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C296DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C296DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C296DD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C296DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C296DD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	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)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09FB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c296dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.110 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b5e7',
    500: '#c296dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c296dd;
$custom-light: #d5b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c296dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.183,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C296DD

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#BE2761

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C296DD

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

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