#C495C5#C495C5

#C495C5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.086 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495C5
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 197)
HSL	hsl(299, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(299, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 25.78, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 31.40, 325.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.071 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.086 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5893, 37.2631, 57.7088)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495C5 #96C595

analogous

#AC95C5 #C495C5 #C595AE

triadic

#C495C5 #C5C495 #95C5C4

tetradic

#C495C5 #C5AC95 #96C595 #95AEC5

square

#C495C5 #C5AC95 #96C595 #95AEC5

split-complementary

#C495C5 #AEC595 #95C5AC

monochromatic

#8F4F91 #AE6DAF #C495C5 #DABDDB #F0E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C495C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C495C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495C5

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495C5	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C799A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.086 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4d6',
    500: '#c495c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495c5;
$custom-light: #d6b4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.75,
    "s": 29.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.08587,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495C5

secondary

#D4E2D4

accent

#A83E40

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495C5

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

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