#C396CC#C396CC

#C396CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.091 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C396CC
RGB	rgb(195, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(290, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 26.25, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 33.78, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0704 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.091 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3097, 37.7754, 62.0723)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C396CC #9FCC96

analogous

#A896CC #C396CC #CC96BA

triadic

#C396CC #CCC396 #96CCC3

tetradic

#C396CC #CCA896 #9FCC96 #96BACC

square

#C396CC #CCA896 #9FCC96 #96BACC

split-complementary

#C396CC #BACC96 #96CCA8

monochromatic

#8F4C9C #AB6DB8 #C396CC #DBBFE0 #F2E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C396CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C396CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C396CC

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C396CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C396CC	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c396cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.091 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b5db',
    500: '#c396cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c396cc;
$custom-light: #d5b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c396cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73318,
    "c": 0.091,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C396CC

secondary

#DAE7D7

accent

#AD384C

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C396CC

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

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