#C496FC#C496FC

#C496FC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.149 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C496FC
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 252)
HSL	hsl(267, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(267, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 40.5%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 36.77, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 57.73, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.083 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.149 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2383, 40.5769, 97.2094)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C496FC #CEFC96

analogous

#969BFC #C496FC #F796FC

triadic

#C496FC #FCC496 #96FCC4

tetradic

#C496FC #FC969B #CEFC96 #96FCF7

square

#C496FC #FC969B #CEFC96 #96FCF7

split-complementary

#C496FC #FCF796 #9BFC96

monochromatic

#811FF9 #A35BFA #C496FC #E5D2FE #EEE1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C496FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C496FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C496FC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C496FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C496FC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87ABF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c496fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.149 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5fe',
    500: '#c496fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c496fc;
$custom-light: #d7b5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c496fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.059,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75512,
    "c": 0.14915,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C496FC

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E6007E

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C496FC

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

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