#C495C4#C495C4

#C495C4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.085 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495C4
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 196)
HSL	hsl(300, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 25.59, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 30.96, 325.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0707 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.085 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4751, 37.2174, 57.1074)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495C4 #95C495

analogous

#AC95C4 #C495C4 #C495AC

triadic

#C495C4 #C4C495 #95C4C4

tetradic

#C495C4 #C4AC95 #95C495 #95ACC4

square

#C495C4 #C4AC95 #95C495 #95ACC4

split-complementary

#C495C4 #ACC495 #95C4AC

monochromatic

#8F508F #AE6EAE #C495C4 #DABCDA #F0E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C495C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#C495C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495C4

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495C4	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C799A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.085 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4d6',
    500: '#c495c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495c4;
$custom-light: #d6b4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 28.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72931,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495C4

secondary

#D3E2D3

accent

#A73E3E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495C4

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

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