#C498CD#C498CD

#C498CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.089 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C498CD
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(290, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 25.67, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 33.09, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0688 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.089 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0112, 38.6010, 62.8254)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C498CD #A1CD98

analogous

#A998CD #C498CD #CD98BC

triadic

#C498CD #CDC498 #98CDC4

tetradic

#C498CD #CDA998 #A1CD98 #98BCCD

square

#C498CD #CDA998 #A1CD98 #98BCCD

split-complementary

#C498CD #BCCD98 #98CDA9

monochromatic

#904D9E #AC6FB9 #C498CD #DCC1E1 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C498CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C498CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C498CD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C498CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C498CD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c498cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.089 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b6dc',
    500: '#c498cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c498cd;
$custom-light: #d6b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c498cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.811,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73816,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C498CD

secondary

#DCE8D9

accent

#AD384C

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C498CD

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

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