#C495CD#C495CD

#C495CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.095 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495CD
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 27.33, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 35.06, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0734 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.095 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5304, 37.6395, 62.6651)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495CD #9ECD95

analogous

#A895CD #C495CD #CD95BA

triadic

#C495CD #CDC495 #95CDC4

tetradic

#C495CD #CDA895 #9ECD95 #95BACD

square

#C495CD #CDA895 #9ECD95 #95BACD

split-complementary

#C495CD #BACD95 #95CDA8

monochromatic

#904A9D #AD6BB9 #C495CD #DBBFE1 #F2E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C495CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C495CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495CD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495CD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.095 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4dc',
    500: '#c495cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495cd;
$custom-light: #d6b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.357,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73275,
    "c": 0.09451,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495CD

secondary

#D9E7D7

accent

#AF374A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495CD

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

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