#C490CC#C490CC

#C490CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C490CC
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 204)
HSL	hsl(292, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(292, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 29.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 29.89, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 37.86, 322.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0806 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.102 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6360, 36.0431, 61.7734)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C490CC #98CC90

analogous

#A690CC #C490CC #CC90B6

triadic

#C490CC #CCC490 #90CCC4

tetradic

#C490CC #CCA690 #98CC90 #90B6CC

square

#C490CC #CCA690 #98CC90 #90B6CC

split-complementary

#C490CC #B6CC90 #90CCA6

monochromatic

#8F479B #AE66B9 #C490CC #DABADF #F1E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C490CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C490CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C490CC

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C490CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C490CC	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C696A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c490cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b1db',
    500: '#c490cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c490cc;
$custom-light: #d6b1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c490cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72346,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C490CC

secondary

#D5E5D3

accent

#B03646

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF5FB

border

#D3CFD4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C490CC

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

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