#C480EE#C480EE

#C480EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.168 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C480EE
RGB	rgb(196, 128, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 46.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 45.59, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 64.33, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.111 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.168 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9140, 33.3480, 84.8904)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C480EE #AAEE80

analogous

#8D80EE #C480EE #EE80E1

triadic

#C480EE #EEC480 #80EEC4

tetradic

#C480EE #EE8D80 #AAEE80 #80E1EE

square

#C480EE #EE8D80 #AAEE80 #80E1EE

split-complementary

#C480EE #E1EE80 #80EE8D

monochromatic

#901DD7 #AB4AE7 #C480EE #DDB6F5 #F2E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C480EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#C480EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C480EE

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C480EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C480EE	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6799F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF91AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c480ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 128, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.168 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a6f4',
    500: '#c480ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c480ee;
$custom-light: #d8a6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c480ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71221,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C480EE

secondary

#E2F3D7

accent

#D90D5B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C480EE

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

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