#C488E4#C488E4

#C488E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.143 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C488E4
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 40.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 39.15, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 54.47, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0981 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.143 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5704, 34.9464, 77.7285)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C488E4 #A8E488

analogous

#9688E4 #C488E4 #E488D6

triadic

#C488E4 #E4C488 #88E4C4

tetradic

#C488E4 #E49688 #A8E488 #88D6E4

square

#C488E4 #E49688 #A8E488 #88D6E4

split-complementary

#C488E4 #D6E488 #88E496

monochromatic

#902DC5 #AB56D9 #C488E4 #DDBAEF #F3E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C488E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#C488E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C488E4

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C488E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C488E4	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C195AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c488e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.143 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7aced',
    500: '#c488e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c488e4;
$custom-light: #d7aced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c488e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 63.014,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72021,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C488E4

secondary

#E0F0D8

accent

#CB1B58

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C488E4

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

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