#C490CD#C490CD

#C490CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C490CD
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(291, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 30.08, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 38.32, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0809 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.103 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7563, 36.0912, 62.4071)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C490CD #99CD90

analogous

#A590CD #C490CD #CD90B7

triadic

#C490CD #CDC490 #90CDC4

tetradic

#C490CD #CDA590 #99CD90 #90B7CD

square

#C490CD #CDA590 #99CD90 #90B7CD

split-complementary

#C490CD #B7CD90 #90CDA5

monochromatic

#90469C #AE66BA #C490CD #DABAE0 #F1E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C490CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C490CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C490CD

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C490CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C490CD	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C696A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c490cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b1dc',
    500: '#c490cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c490cd;
$custom-light: #d6b1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c490cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.148,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C490CD

secondary

#D6E6D3

accent

#B13547

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF5FB

border

#D3CFD4

text

#141015

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C490CD

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

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