#C490DC#C490DC

#C490DC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.120 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C490DC
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 34.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 33.11, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 45.48, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0848 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.12 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6545, 36.8505, 72.4041)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C490DC #A8DC90

analogous

#9E90DC #C490DC #DC90CE

triadic

#C490DC #DCC490 #90DCC4

tetradic

#C490DC #DC9E90 #A8DC90 #90CEDC

square

#C490DC #DC9E90 #A8DC90 #90CEDC

split-complementary

#C490DC #CEDC90 #90DC9E

monochromatic

#903AB8 #AB61CD #C490DC #DDBFEB #F3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C490DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C490DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C490DC

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C490DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C490DC	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39AAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c490dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.120 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b1e7',
    500: '#c490dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c490dc;
$custom-light: #d7b1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c490dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73013,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C490DC

secondary

#E0EEDA

accent

#BF2656

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF5FC

border

#D3CFD5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C490DC

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

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