#C396DC#C396DC

#C396DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C396DC
RGB	rgb(195, 150, 220)
HSL	hsl(279, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 31.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 29.49, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 41.51, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0749 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.11 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3282, 38.5828, 72.7029)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C396DC #AFDC96

analogous

#A096DC #C396DC #DC96D2

triadic

#C396DC #DCC396 #96DCC3

tetradic

#C396DC #DCA096 #AFDC96 #96D2DC

square

#C396DC #DCA096 #AFDC96 #96D2DC

split-complementary

#C396DC #D2DC96 #96DCA0

monochromatic

#8D3EBA #A968CD #C396DC #DDC4EB #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C396DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C396DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C396DC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C396DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C396DC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c396dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 150, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b5e7',
    500: '#c396dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c396dc;
$custom-light: #d6b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c396dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73966,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C396DC

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BD285D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C396DC

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

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