#C496FA#C496FA

#C496FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.147 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C496FA
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 250)
HSL	hsl(268, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(268, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 40%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 36.31, -43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 56.72, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% 0.0827 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.147 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9230, 40.4508, 95.5490)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C496FA #CCFA96

analogous

#969AFA #C496FA #F696FA

triadic

#C496FA #FAC496 #96FAC4

tetradic

#C496FA #FA969A #CCFA96 #96FAF6

square

#C496FA #FA969A #CCFA96 #96FAF6

split-complementary

#C496FA #FAF696 #9AFA96

monochromatic

#8221F4 #A35CF7 #C496FA #E5D0FD #EFE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C496FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C496FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C496FA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C496FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C496FA	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA9FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88ABF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c496fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.147 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5fc',
    500: '#c496fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c496fa;
$custom-light: #d7b5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c496fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.6,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75416,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C496FA

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E6007C

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C496FA

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

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