#C396EE#C396EE

#C396EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.132 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C396EE
RGB	rgb(195, 150, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(271, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 33.35, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 50.54, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0791 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.132 307)
XYZ	xyz(48.8416, 39.5882, 85.9406)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C396EE #C1EE96

analogous

#9796EE #C396EE #EE96ED

triadic

#C396EE #EEC396 #96EEC3

tetradic

#C396EE #EE9796 #C1EE96 #96EDEE

square

#C396EE #EE9796 #C1EE96 #96EDEE

split-complementary

#C396EE #EDEE96 #96EE97

monochromatic

#872DDD #A561E5 #C396EE #E1CBF7 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C396EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C396EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C396EE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C396EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C396EE	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c396ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 150, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.132 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b5f4',
    500: '#c396ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c396ee;
$custom-light: #d6b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c396ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.682,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74758,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.39588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C396EE

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D41171

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C396EE

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

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