#C490CB#C490CB

#C490CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.101 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C490CB
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 203)
HSL	hsl(293, 36%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(293, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 29.69, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 37.40, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0804 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.101 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5164, 35.9953, 61.1438)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C490CB #97CB90

analogous

#A690CB #C490CB #CB90B4

triadic

#C490CB #CBC490 #90CBC4

tetradic

#C490CB #CBA690 #97CB90 #90B4CB

square

#C490CB #CBA690 #97CB90 #90B4CB

split-complementary

#C490CB #B4CB90 #90CBA6

monochromatic

#8F4899 #AE66B7 #C490CB #DABADF #F0E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C490CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C490CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C490CB

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C490CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C490CB	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C696A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c490cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.101 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b1db',
    500: '#c490cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c490cb;
$custom-light: #d6b1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c490cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.881,
    "s": 36.196,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72306,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C490CB

secondary

#D5E4D2

accent

#AF3645

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF5FA

border

#D3CFD3

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C490CB

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

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