#C495C9#C495C9

#C495C9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.090 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495C9
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(294, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 26.55, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 33.21, 323.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0722 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.09 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0538, 37.4488, 60.1547)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495C9 #9AC995

analogous

#AA95C9 #C495C9 #C995B4

triadic

#C495C9 #C9C495 #95C9C4

tetradic

#C495C9 #C9AA95 #9AC995 #95B4C9

square

#C495C9 #C9AA95 #9AC995 #95B4C9

split-complementary

#C495C9 #B4C995 #95C9AA

monochromatic

#904D97 #AD6CB4 #C495C9 #DBBEDE #F1E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C495C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#C495C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495C9

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495C9	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.090 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4d9',
    500: '#c495c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495c9;
$custom-light: #d6b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.231,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7312,
    "c": 0.09013,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495C9

secondary

#D7E5D5

accent

#AB3A45

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495C9

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

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