#C896C8#C896C8

#C896C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.090 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C896C8
RGB	rgb(200, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 27.14, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 32.81, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.075 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.09 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1500, 38.2635, 59.6396)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C896C8 #96C896

analogous

#AF96C8 #C896C8 #C896AF

triadic

#C896C8 #C8C896 #96C8C8

tetradic

#C896C8 #C8AF96 #96C896 #96AFC8

square

#C896C8 #C8AF96 #96C896 #96AFC8

split-complementary

#C896C8 #AFC896 #96C8AF

monochromatic

#954E95 #B36EB3 #C896C8 #DDBEDD #F2E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C896C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#C896C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C896C8

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C896C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C896C8	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c896c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.090 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b5d8',
    500: '#c896c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c896c8;
$custom-light: #d9b5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c896c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73661,
    "c": 0.08994,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C896C8

secondary

#D5E4D5

accent

#AA3C3C

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C896C8

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

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