#C488EF#C488EF

#C488EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.156 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C488EF
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 239)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(275, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 43.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 41.51, -43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 59.89, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.1001 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.156 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1462, 35.5768, 86.0280)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C488EF #B3EF88

analogous

#9088EF #C488EF #EF88E7

triadic

#C488EF #EFC488 #88EFC4

tetradic

#C488EF #EF9088 #B3EF88 #88E7EF

square

#C488EF #EF9088 #B3EF88 #88E7EF

split-complementary

#C488EF #E7EF88 #88EF90

monochromatic

#8E1EDF #A952E8 #C488EF #DFBEF6 #F2E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C488EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C488EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C488EF

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C488EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C488EF	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF98B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c488ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.156 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7acf4',
    500: '#c488ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c488ef;
$custom-light: #d7acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c488ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.951,
    "s": 76.296,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72548,
    "c": 0.15626,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C488EF

secondary

#E3F3D8

accent

#D80D62

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C488EF

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

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