#C487DD#C487DD

#C487DD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.137 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C487DD
RGB	rgb(196, 135, 221)
HSL	hsl(283, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 38.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 38.24, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 51.70, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0982 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.137 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4781, 34.2852, 72.6673)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C487DD #A0DD87

analogous

#9987DD #C487DD #DD87CB

triadic

#C487DD #DDC487 #87DDC4

tetradic

#C487DD #DD9987 #A0DD87 #87CBDD

square

#C487DD #DD9987 #A0DD87 #87CBDD

split-complementary

#C487DD #CBDD87 #87DD99

monochromatic

#9034B6 #AD57CF #C487DD #DBB7EB #F3E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C487DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#C487DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C487DD

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C487DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C487DD	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C392A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c487dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 135, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.137 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7abe8',
    500: '#c487dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c487dd;
$custom-light: #d7abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c487dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.558,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71532,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C487DD

secondary

#DBECD4

accent

#C32251

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C487DD

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

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