#C496CB#C496CB

#C496CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.090 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C496CB
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(292, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(292, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 26.39, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 33.47, 322.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0713 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.091 322)
XYZ	xyz(44.4494, 37.8613, 61.4548)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C496CB #9DCB96

analogous

#AA96CB #C496CB #CB96B8

triadic

#C496CB #CBC496 #96CBC4

tetradic

#C496CB #CBAA96 #9DCB96 #96B8CB

square

#C496CB #CBAA96 #9DCB96 #96B8CB

split-complementary

#C496CB #B8CB96 #96CBAA

monochromatic

#904C9A #AD6DB7 #C496CB #DBBFDF #F2E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C496CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C496CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C496CB

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C496CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C496CB	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c496cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.090 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b5db',
    500: '#c496cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c496cb;
$custom-light: #d6b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c496cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.075,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73377,
    "c": 0.0905,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.3786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C496CB

secondary

#D9E6D7

accent

#AD3948

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C496CB

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

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