#C477EB#C477EB

#C477EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.179 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C477EB
RGB	rgb(196, 119, 235)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 49.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, 49.69, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 68.31, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.1228 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.179 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3547, 30.9286, 82.2144)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C477EB #9EEB77

analogous

#8A77EB #C477EB #EB77D8

triadic

#C477EB #EBC477 #77EBC4

tetradic

#C477EB #EB8A77 #9EEB77 #77D8EB

square

#C477EB #EB8A77 #9EEB77 #77D8EB

split-complementary

#C477EB #D8EB77 #77EB8A

monochromatic

#901ECA #AD42E3 #C477EB #DBACF3 #F2E2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C477EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#C477EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C477EB

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C477EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C477EB	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C93EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7399E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C189A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c477eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 119, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.179 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a0f2',
    500: '#c477eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c477eb;
$custom-light: #d8a0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c477eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.828,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6969,
    "c": 0.17929,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C477EB

secondary

#D9F0CE

accent

#D60F52

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF3FD

border

#D4CDD5

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C477EB

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

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