#C487FF#C487FF

#C487FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.177 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C487FF
RGB	rgb(196, 135, 255)
HSL	hsl(271, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(271, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 47.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 45.59, -51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 68.48, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.1037 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.177 306)
XYZ	xyz(49.4752, 36.2841, 98.9855)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C487FF #C2FF87

analogous

#8887FF #C487FF #FF87FE

triadic

#C487FF #FFC487 #87FFC4

tetradic

#C487FF #FF8887 #C2FF87 #87FEFF

square

#C487FF #FF8887 #C2FF87 #87FEFF

split-complementary

#C487FF #FEFF87 #87FF88

monochromatic

#880DFF #A64AFF #C487FF #E2C4FF #F0E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C487FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C487FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C487FF

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C487FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C487FF	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66A0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77A3FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9BB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c487ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 135, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.177 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8abff',
    500: '#c487ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c487ff;
$custom-light: #d8abff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c487ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.17663,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.36284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C487FF

secondary

#E5F7D4

accent

#E60071

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#151018

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C487FF

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

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