#C498CF#C498CF

#C498CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.091 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C498CF
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 207)
HSL	hsl(288, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(288, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 26.07, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 34.03, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0694 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.091 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2541, 38.6982, 64.1050)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C498CF #A3CF98

analogous

#A898CF #C498CF #CF98BE

triadic

#C498CF #CFC498 #98CFC4

tetradic

#C498CF #CFA898 #A3CF98 #98BECF

square

#C498CF #CFA898 #A3CF98 #98BECF

split-complementary

#C498CF #BECF98 #98CFA8

monochromatic

#904BA1 #AC6EBC #C498CF #DCC2E2 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C498CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C498CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C498CF

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C498CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C498CF	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c498cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.091 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b6dd',
    500: '#c498cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c498cf;
$custom-light: #d6b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c498cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 36.424,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C498CF

secondary

#DDE9DA

accent

#AF364E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C498CF

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

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