#C496CF#C496CF

#C496CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C496CF
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 207)
HSL	hsl(288, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(288, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 27.17, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 35.34, 320.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0724 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.095 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9323, 38.0545, 63.9977)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C496CF #A1CF96

analogous

#A796CF #C496CF #CF96BE

triadic

#C496CF #CFC496 #96CFC4

tetradic

#C496CF #CFA796 #A1CF96 #96BECF

square

#C496CF #CFA796 #A1CF96 #96BECF

split-complementary

#C496CF #BECF96 #96CFA7

monochromatic

#904AA1 #AC6CBC #C496CF #DCC0E2 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C496CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C496CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C496CF

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C496CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C496CF	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c496cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b5dd',
    500: '#c496cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c496cf;
$custom-light: #d6b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c496cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.421,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73533,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C496CF

secondary

#DCE8D8

accent

#B0354D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C496CF

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

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