#C285E4#C285E4

#C285E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.148 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C285E4
RGB	rgb(194, 133, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 41.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 40.20, -39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 56.17, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.1001 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.148 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6369, 33.8467, 77.5654)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C285E4 #A7E485

analogous

#9285E4 #C285E4 #E485D6

triadic

#C285E4 #E4C285 #85E4C2

tetradic

#C285E4 #E49285 #A7E485 #85D6E4

square

#C285E4 #E49285 #A7E485 #85D6E4

split-complementary

#C285E4 #D6E485 #85E492

monochromatic

#8D2BC3 #A953D9 #C285E4 #DBB7EF #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C285E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#C285E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C285E4

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C285E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C285E4	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF93AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c285e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 133, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.148 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a9ed',
    500: '#c285e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c285e4;
$custom-light: #d6a9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c285e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.526,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71322,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C285E4

secondary

#DFEFD6

accent

#CC1A5A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C285E4

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

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