#C496CD#C496CD

#C496CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.093 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C496CD
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(290, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 26.78, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 34.40, 321.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0719 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.093 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6893, 37.9573, 62.7181)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C496CD #9FCD96

analogous

#A996CD #C496CD #CD96BB

triadic

#C496CD #CDC496 #96CDC4

tetradic

#C496CD #CDA996 #9FCD96 #96BBCD

square

#C496CD #CDA996 #9FCD96 #96BBCD

split-complementary

#C496CD #BBCD96 #96CDA9

monochromatic

#904B9E #AD6DB9 #C496CD #DBBFE1 #F3E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C496CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C496CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C496CD

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C496CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C496CD	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c496cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.093 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b5dc',
    500: '#c496cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c496cd;
$custom-light: #d6b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c496cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.182,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73455,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C496CD

secondary

#DAE7D8

accent

#AE374B

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C496CD

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

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