#C396CD#C396CD

#C396CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.092 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C396CD
RGB	rgb(195, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(289, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 26.45, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 34.25, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0707 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.092 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4300, 37.8236, 62.7059)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C396CD #A0CD96

analogous

#A896CD #C396CD #CD96BC

triadic

#C396CD #CDC396 #96CDC3

tetradic

#C396CD #CDA896 #A0CD96 #96BCCD

square

#C396CD #CDA896 #A0CD96 #96BCCD

split-complementary

#C396CD #BCCD96 #96CDA8

monochromatic

#8F4B9E #AB6DB9 #C396CD #DBBFE1 #F2E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C396CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C396CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C396CD

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C396CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C396CD	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c396cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.092 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b5dc',
    500: '#c396cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c396cd;
$custom-light: #d5b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c396cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C396CD

secondary

#DAE7D8

accent

#AE374D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C396CD

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

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