#C487CB#C487CB

#C487CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C487CB
RGB	rgb(196, 135, 203)
HSL	hsl(294, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(294, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 33.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 34.63, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 43.23, 323.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.094 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.117 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2072, 33.3769, 60.7074)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C487CB #8ECB87

analogous

#A287CB #C487CB #CB87B0

triadic

#C487CB #CBC487 #87CBC4

tetradic

#C487CB #CBA287 #8ECB87 #87B0CB

square

#C487CB #CBA287 #8ECB87 #87B0CB

split-complementary

#C487CB #B0CB87 #87CBA2

monochromatic

#8E4196 #AF5CB8 #C487CB #D9B2DE #EEDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C487CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#C487CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C487CB

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C487CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C487CB	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c487cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 135, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7abdb',
    500: '#c487cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c487cb;
$custom-light: #d7abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c487cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.824,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70747,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C487CB

secondary

#CEE2CC

accent

#B33340

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF4FB

border

#D3CED4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C487CB

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

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