#C496EB#C496EB

#C496EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C496EB
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(272, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 32.99, -36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 49.11, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.0796 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.128 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6639, 39.5471, 83.6509)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C496EB #BDEB96

analogous

#9996EB #C496EB #EB96E7

triadic

#C496EB #EBC496 #96EBC4

tetradic

#C496EB #EB9996 #BDEB96 #96E7EB

square

#C496EB #EB9996 #BDEB96 #96E7EB

split-complementary

#C496EB #E7EB96 #96EB99

monochromatic

#8A2FD7 #A763E1 #C496EB #E1C9F5 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C496EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C496EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C496EB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C496EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C496EB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c496eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5f1',
    500: '#c496eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c496eb;
$custom-light: #d7b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c496eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.471,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74717,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C496EB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D0166B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C496EB

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

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