#C896E2#C896E2

#C896E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.119 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C896E2
RGB	rgb(200, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 32.29, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 45.01, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0821 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.119 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4510, 39.5839, 77.0248)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C896E2 #B0E296

analogous

#A296E2 #C896E2 #E296D6

triadic

#C896E2 #E2C896 #96E2C8

tetradic

#C896E2 #E2A296 #B0E296 #96D6E2

square

#C896E2 #E2A296 #B0E296 #96D6E2

split-complementary

#C896E2 #D6E296 #96E2A2

monochromatic

#9637C7 #AF66D5 #C896E2 #E1C6EF #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C896E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C896E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C896E2

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C896E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C896E2	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c896e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.119 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b5eb',
    500: '#c896e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c896e2;
$custom-light: #d9b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c896e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74708,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C896E2

secondary

#E2F0DB

accent

#C42159

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C896E2

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

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