#C1A4E5#C1A4E5

#C1A4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.096 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A4E5
RGB	rgb(193, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(267, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 23.05, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 36.90, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.0546 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.096 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4079, 43.5457, 79.9158)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A4E5 #C8E5A4

analogous

#A4A8E5 #C1A4E5 #E2A4E5

triadic

#C1A4E5 #E5C1A4 #A4E5C1

tetradic

#C1A4E5 #E5A4A8 #C8E5A4 #A4E5E2

square

#C1A4E5 #E5A4A8 #C8E5A4 #A4E5E2

split-complementary

#C1A4E5 #E5E2A4 #A8E5A4

monochromatic

#8045CA #A174D7 #C1A4E5 #E1D4F3 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C1A4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C1A4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A4E5

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A4E5	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.096 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bfed',
    500: '#c1a4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a4e5;
$custom-light: #d4bfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76694,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A4E5

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C3227B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A4E5

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

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