#C496EA#C496EA

#C496EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C496EA
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 234)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(273, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 35.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 32.78, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 48.60, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0794 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.127 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5198, 39.4895, 82.8921)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C496EA #BCEA96

analogous

#9A96EA #C496EA #EA96E6

triadic

#C496EA #EAC496 #96EAC4

tetradic

#C496EA #EA9A96 #BCEA96 #96E6EA

square

#C496EA #EA9A96 #BCEA96 #96E6EA

split-complementary

#C496EA #E6EA96 #96EA9A

monochromatic

#8B30D6 #A763E0 #C496EA #E1C9F4 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C496EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C496EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C496EA

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C496EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C496EA	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c496ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5f1',
    500: '#c496ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c496ea;
$custom-light: #d7b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c496ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74672,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C496EA

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CF176A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C496EA

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

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