#C493CD#C493CD

#C493CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.098 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C493CD
RGB	rgb(196, 147, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 37%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(291, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 28.43, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 36.36, 321.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0764 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.098 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2167, 37.0121, 62.5606)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C493CD #9CCD93

analogous

#A793CD #C493CD #CD93B9

triadic

#C493CD #CDC493 #93CDC4

tetradic

#C493CD #CDA793 #9CCD93 #93B9CD

square

#C493CD #CDA793 #9CCD93 #93B9CD

split-complementary

#C493CD #B9CD93 #93CDA7

monochromatic

#90499D #AD69BA #C493CD #DBBDE0 #F2E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C493CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C493CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C493CD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C493CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C493CD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C699A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c493cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 147, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.098 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b3dc',
    500: '#c493cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c493cd;
$custom-light: #d6b3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c493cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.69,
    "s": 36.709,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.09811,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C493CD

secondary

#D8E6D5

accent

#B03649

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C493CD

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

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