#C489E5#C489E5

#C489E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.143 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C489E5
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 40.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 38.82, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 54.33, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0969 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.143 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8511, 35.2851, 78.5089)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C489E5 #AAE589

analogous

#9689E5 #C489E5 #E589D8

triadic

#C489E5 #E5C489 #89E5C4

tetradic

#C489E5 #E59689 #AAE589 #89D8E5

square

#C489E5 #E59689 #AAE589 #89D8E5

split-complementary

#C489E5 #D8E589 #89E596

monochromatic

#902CC8 #AB57DA #C489E5 #DDBBF0 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C489E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#C489E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C489E5

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C489E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C489E5	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C196AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c489e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.143 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7aced',
    500: '#c489e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c489e5;
$custom-light: #d7aced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c489e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.478,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72233,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C489E5

secondary

#E2F1D9

accent

#CC1A5A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C489E5

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

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