#C49BCD#C49BCD

#C49BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.084 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49BCD
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(289, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 24.02, -19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 31.12, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0643 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.084 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5043, 39.5872, 62.9898)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49BCD #A4CD9B

analogous

#AB9BCD #C49BCD #CD9BBD

triadic

#C49BCD #CDC49B #9BCDC4

tetradic

#C49BCD #CDAB9B #A4CD9B #9BBDCD

square

#C49BCD #CDAB9B #A4CD9B #9BBDCD

split-complementary

#C49BCD #BDCD9B #9BCDAB

monochromatic

#904F9E #AC72B9 #C49BCD #DCC4E1 #F3EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C49BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C49BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49BCD

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49BCD	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.084 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b8dc',
    500: '#c49bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49bcd;
$custom-light: #d6b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74363,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49BCD

secondary

#DEE9DB

accent

#AC394E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49BCD

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

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