#C996CD#C996CD

#C996CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.096 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C996CD
RGB	rgb(201, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(296, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(296, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 28.42, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 35.21, 323.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0776 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.096 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0119, 38.6393, 62.7801)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C996CD #9ACD96

analogous

#AE96CD #C996CD #CD96B6

triadic

#C996CD #CDC996 #96CDC9

tetradic

#C996CD #CDAE96 #9ACD96 #96B6CD

square

#C996CD #CDAE96 #9ACD96 #96B6CD

split-complementary

#C996CD #B6CD96 #96CDAE

monochromatic

#984B9E #B46DB9 #C996CD #DEBFE1 #F4E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C996CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C996CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C996CD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C996CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C996CD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c996cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.096 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab5dc',
    500: '#c996cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c996cd;
$custom-light: #dab5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c996cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.636,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73952,
    "c": 0.09583,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C996CD

secondary

#D9E7D8

accent

#AE3740

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FBF6FB

border

#D4D0D4

text

#151115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C996CD

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

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