#C3A6E9#C3A6E9

#C3A6E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.098 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A6E9
RGB	rgb(195, 166, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(266, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 28.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, 23.43, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 37.86, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.0551 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.098 304)
XYZ	xyz(50.8469, 44.7578, 83.0354)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A6E9 #CCE9A6

analogous

#A6AAE9 #C3A6E9 #E4A6E9

triadic

#C3A6E9 #E9C3A6 #A6E9C3

tetradic

#C3A6E9 #E9A6AA #CCE9A6 #A6E9E4

square

#C3A6E9 #E9A6AA #CCE9A6 #A6E9E4

split-complementary

#C3A6E9 #E9E4A6 #AAE9A6

monochromatic

#8144D1 #A275DD #C3A6E9 #E4D7F5 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C3A6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C3A6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A6E9

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A6E9	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 166, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.098 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c0f0',
    500: '#c3a6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a6e9;
$custom-light: #d6c0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.97,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77406,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.44758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A6E9

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C81D7E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A6E9

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

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