#C495C6#C495C6

#C495C6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.087 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495C6
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 198)
HSL	hsl(298, 30%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(298, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 24.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 25.97, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 31.85, 324.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0713 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.087 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7043, 37.3090, 58.3143)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495C6 #97C695

analogous

#AB95C6 #C495C6 #C695AF

triadic

#C495C6 #C6C495 #95C6C4

tetradic

#C495C6 #C6AB95 #97C695 #95AFC6

square

#C495C6 #C6AB95 #97C695 #95AFC6

split-complementary

#C495C6 #AFC695 #95C6AB

monochromatic

#8F4F92 #AE6DB1 #C495C6 #DABDDB #F0E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C495C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#C495C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495C6

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495C6	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C799A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.087 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4d7',
    500: '#c495c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495c6;
$custom-light: #d6b4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.551,
    "s": 30.061,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73006,
    "c": 0.08692,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495C6

secondary

#D5E3D4

accent

#A93D41

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495C6

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

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