#C495C0#C495C0

#C495C0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.081 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495C0
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 192)
HSL	hsl(305, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(305, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 24.84, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 29.23, 328.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0694 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.081 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0259, 37.0377, 54.7415)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495C0 #95C499

analogous

#B095C4 #C495C0 #C495A9

triadic

#C495C0 #C0C495 #95C0C4

tetradic

#C495C0 #C4B095 #95C499 #95A9C4

square

#C495C0 #C4B095 #95C499 #95A9C4

split-complementary

#C495C0 #A9C495 #95C4B0

monochromatic

#8F508A #AE6EA9 #C495C0 #DABCD7 #F0E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C495C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C495C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495C0

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495C0	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C898A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.081 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4d3',
    500: '#c495c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495c0;
$custom-light: #d6b4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.106,
    "s": 28.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72783,
    "c": 0.08077,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495C0

secondary

#D3E2D4

accent

#A7473E

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495C0

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

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