#C495C1#C495C1

#C495C1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.082 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495C1
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 193)
HSL	hsl(304, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(304, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 1.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 25.03, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 29.65, 327.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0697 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.082 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1371, 37.0822, 55.3270)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495C1 #95C498

analogous

#B095C4 #C495C1 #C495A9

triadic

#C495C1 #C1C495 #95C1C4

tetradic

#C495C1 #C4B095 #95C498 #95A9C4

square

#C495C1 #C4B095 #95C498 #95A9C4

split-complementary

#C495C1 #A9C495 #95C4B0

monochromatic

#8F508B #AE6EAA #C495C1 #DABCD8 #F0E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C495C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C495C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495C1

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495C1	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C898A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.082 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4d3',
    500: '#c495c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495c1;
$custom-light: #d6b4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.83,
    "s": 28.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7282,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495C1

secondary

#D3E2D4

accent

#A7453E

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495C1

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

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