#C495BE#C495BE

#C495BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.079 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495BE
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 190)
HSL	hsl(308, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(308, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 24.47, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 28.38, 329.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0688 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.079 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8058, 36.9497, 53.5823)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495BE #95C49B

analogous

#B395C4 #C495BE #C495A6

triadic

#C495BE #BEC495 #95BEC4

tetradic

#C495BE #C4B395 #95C49B #95A6C4

square

#C495BE #C4B395 #95C49B #95A6C4

split-complementary

#C495BE #A6C495 #95C4B3

monochromatic

#8F5087 #AE6EA6 #C495BE #DABCD6 #F0E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C495BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C495BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495BE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495BE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C898A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.079 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4d1',
    500: '#c495be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495be;
$custom-light: #d6b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.66,
    "s": 28.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72711,
    "c": 0.07881,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495BE

secondary

#D3E2D5

accent

#A74C3E

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495BE

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

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