#C396DA#C396DA

#C396DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C396DA
RGB	rgb(195, 150, 218)
HSL	hsl(280, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 31.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 29.08, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 40.52, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0743 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.107 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0649, 38.4775, 71.3163)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C396DA #ADDA96

analogous

#A196DA #C396DA #DA96CF

triadic

#C396DA #DAC396 #96DAC3

tetradic

#C396DA #DAA196 #ADDA96 #96CFDA

square

#C396DA #DAA196 #ADDA96 #96CFDA

split-complementary

#C396DA #CFDA96 #96DAA1

monochromatic

#8E40B6 #A969CA #C396DA #DDC3EA #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C396DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C396DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C396DA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C396DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C396DA	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#8CA4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c396da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 150, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b5e5',
    500: '#c396da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c396da;
$custom-light: #d6b5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c396da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.706,
    "s": 47.887,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73882,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C396DA

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BB2A5B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C396DA

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

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