#C495C3#C495C3

#C495C3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.084 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495C3
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 195)
HSL	hsl(301, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(301, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 0.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 25.40, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 30.52, 326.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0704 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.084 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3617, 37.1720, 56.5099)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495C3 #95C496

analogous

#AE95C4 #C495C3 #C495AB

triadic

#C495C3 #C3C495 #95C3C4

tetradic

#C495C3 #C4AE95 #95C496 #95ABC4

square

#C495C3 #C4AE95 #95C496 #95ABC4

split-complementary

#C495C3 #ABC495 #95C4AE

monochromatic

#8F508E #AE6EAD #C495C3 #DABCD9 #F0E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C495C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C495C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495C3

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495C3	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)

#92A0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C799A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.084 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4d5',
    500: '#c495c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495c3;
$custom-light: #d6b4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.277,
    "s": 28.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72894,
    "c": 0.0838,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495C3

secondary

#D3E2D3

accent

#A7413E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495C3

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

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