#C396BF#C396BF

#C396BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.077 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C396BF
RGB	rgb(195, 150, 191)
HSL	hsl(305, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(305, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 2.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 23.76, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 27.94, 328.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0664 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.077 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8151, 37.1776, 54.2007)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C396BF #96C39A

analogous

#B096C3 #C396BF #C396A9

triadic

#C396BF #BFC396 #96BFC3

tetradic

#C396BF #C3B096 #96C39A #96A9C3

square

#C396BF #C3B096 #96C39A #96A9C3

split-complementary

#C396BF #A9C396 #96C3B0

monochromatic

#8E5188 #AD6FA7 #C396BF #D9BDD7 #F0E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C396BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#C396BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C396BF

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C396BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C396BF	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C799A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c396bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 150, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.077 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b5d2',
    500: '#c396bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c396bf;
$custom-light: #d5b5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c396bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.333,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.07719,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C396BF

secondary

#D3E1D5

accent

#A64940

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C396BF

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

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