#C498BF#C498BF

#C498BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.074 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C498BF
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 191)
HSL	hsl(307, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(307, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 23.00, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 26.83, 329.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0644 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.074 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3963, 37.9550, 54.3202)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C498BF #98C49D

analogous

#B398C4 #C498BF #C498A9

triadic

#C498BF #BFC498 #98BFC4

tetradic

#C498BF #C4B398 #98C49D #98A9C4

square

#C498BF #C4B398 #98C49D #98A9C4

split-complementary

#C498BF #A9C498 #98C4B3

monochromatic

#8F5288 #AE71A7 #C498BF #DABFD7 #F1E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C498BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C498BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C498BF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C498BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C498BF	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c498bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.074 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b6d2',
    500: '#c498bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c498bf;
$custom-light: #d6b6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c498bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.818,
    "s": 27.16,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73296,
    "c": 0.0743,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C498BF

secondary

#D5E3D7

accent

#A64B40

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C498BF

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

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