#C488FF#C488FF

#C488FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.175 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C488FF
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 255)
HSL	hsl(270, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 46.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 45.05, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 67.87, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.1024 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.175 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6154, 36.5644, 99.0322)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C488FF #C3FF88

analogous

#8988FF #C488FF #FF88FF

triadic

#C488FF #FFC488 #88FFC4

tetradic

#C488FF #FF8988 #C3FF88 #88FFFF

square

#C488FF #FF8988 #C3FF88 #88FFFF

split-complementary

#C488FF #FFFF88 #88FF89

monochromatic

#870EFF #A64BFF #C488FF #E2C5FF #F0E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C488FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C488FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C488FF

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C488FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C488FF	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68A1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A3FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9CB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c488ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.175 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8acff',
    500: '#c488ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c488ff;
$custom-light: #d8acff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c488ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.252,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73358,
    "c": 0.17505,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C488FF

secondary

#E5F7D4

accent

#E60072

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#151018

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C488FF

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

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