#C499CD#C499CD

#C499CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.087 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C499CD
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(290, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 25.12, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 32.44, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0673 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.087 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1742, 38.9270, 62.8797)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C499CD #A2CD99

analogous

#AA99CD #C499CD #CD99BC

triadic

#C499CD #CDC499 #99CDC4

tetradic

#C499CD #CDAA99 #A2CD99 #99BCCD

square

#C499CD #CDAA99 #A2CD99 #99BCCD

split-complementary

#C499CD #BCCD99 #99CDAA

monochromatic

#904D9E #AC70B9 #C499CD #DCC2E1 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C499CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C499CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C499CD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C499CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C499CD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c499cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.087 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b7dc',
    500: '#c499cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c499cd;
$custom-light: #d6b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c499cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.615,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73998,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C499CD

secondary

#DCE8DA

accent

#AD384D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C499CD

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

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