#C495C2#C495C2

#C495C2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.083 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495C2
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 194)
HSL	hsl(303, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(303, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 25.21, -16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 30.09, 326.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.07 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.083 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2490, 37.1269, 55.9165)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495C2 #95C497

analogous

#AE95C4 #C495C2 #C495AA

triadic

#C495C2 #C2C495 #95C2C4

tetradic

#C495C2 #C4AE95 #95C497 #95AAC4

square

#C495C2 #C4AE95 #95C497 #95AAC4

split-complementary

#C495C2 #AAC495 #95C4AE

monochromatic

#8F508C #AE6EAB #C495C2 #DABCD9 #F0E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C495C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C495C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495C2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495C2	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C798A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.083 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4d4',
    500: '#c495c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495c2;
$custom-light: #d6b4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.553,
    "s": 28.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72857,
    "c": 0.08277,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495C2

secondary

#D3E2D4

accent

#A7433E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495C2

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

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