#C495C8#C495C8

#C495C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.089 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495C8
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 200)
HSL	hsl(295, 32%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(295, 26%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 25.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 26.36, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 32.75, 323.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0719 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.089 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9365, 37.4019, 59.5372)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495C8 #99C895

analogous

#AA95C8 #C495C8 #C895B2

triadic

#C495C8 #C8C495 #95C8C4

tetradic

#C495C8 #C8AA95 #99C895 #95B2C8

square

#C495C8 #C8AA95 #99C895 #95B2C8

split-complementary

#C495C8 #B2C895 #95C8AA

monochromatic

#904D95 #AE6DB3 #C495C8 #DABDDD #F1E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C495C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C495C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495C8

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495C8	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.089 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4d8',
    500: '#c495c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495c8;
$custom-light: #d6b4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.294,
    "s": 31.677,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73082,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495C8

secondary

#D6E4D5

accent

#AA3B44

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495C8

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

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