#C294DD#C294DD

#C294DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C294DD
RGB	rgb(194, 148, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 33%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 30.50, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 43.18, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0769 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.114 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8870, 37.8703, 73.2850)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C294DD #AFDD94

analogous

#9D94DD #C294DD #DD94D4

triadic

#C294DD #DDC294 #94DDC2

tetradic

#C294DD #DD9D94 #AFDD94 #94D4DD

square

#C294DD #DD9D94 #AFDD94 #94D4DD

split-complementary

#C294DD #D4DD94 #94DD9D

monochromatic

#8C3BBB #A866CE #C294DD #DCC2EC #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C294DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C294DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C294DD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C294DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C294DD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09EAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c294dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 148, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b4e7',
    500: '#c294dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c294dd;
$custom-light: #d5b4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c294dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.808,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73558,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C294DD

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#BF265F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C294DD

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

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