#C478EB#C478EB

#C478EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.178 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C478EB
RGB	rgb(196, 120, 235)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 49.17, -46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 67.71, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.1215 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.178 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4743, 31.1679, 82.2543)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C478EB #9FEB78

analogous

#8B78EB #C478EB #EB78D9

triadic

#C478EB #EBC478 #78EBC4

tetradic

#C478EB #EB8B78 #9FEB78 #78D9EB

square

#C478EB #EB8B78 #9FEB78 #78D9EB

split-complementary

#C478EB #D9EB78 #78EB8B

monochromatic

#901ECB #AD43E3 #C478EB #DBADF3 #F3E3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C478EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C478EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C478EB

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C478EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C478EB	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E93EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7499E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c478eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 120, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.178 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a1f2',
    500: '#c478eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c478eb;
$custom-light: #d8a1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c478eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.652,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6984,
    "c": 0.17769,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C478EB

secondary

#DAF0CF

accent

#D60F53

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C478EB

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

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