#C496CA#C496CA

#C496CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.089 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C496CA
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(293, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(293, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 26.19, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 33.01, 322.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.071 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.089 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3307, 37.8138, 60.8292)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C496CA #9CCA96

analogous

#AA96CA #C496CA #CA96B6

triadic

#C496CA #CAC496 #96CAC4

tetradic

#C496CA #CAAA96 #9CCA96 #96B6CA

square

#C496CA #CAAA96 #9CCA96 #96B6CA

split-complementary

#C496CA #B6CA96 #96CAAA

monochromatic

#904D99 #AD6DB5 #C496CA #DBBFDF #F2E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C496CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C496CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C496CA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C496CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C496CA	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c496ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.089 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b5da',
    500: '#c496ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c496ca;
$custom-light: #d6b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c496ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73339,
    "c": 0.0894,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C496CA

secondary

#D8E6D6

accent

#AC3A47

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C496CA

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

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