#C490DF#C490DF

#C490DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.124 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C490DF
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 223)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(279, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 35.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 33.73, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 46.95, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0855 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.124 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0553, 37.0108, 74.5154)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C490DF #ABDF90

analogous

#9D90DF #C490DF #DF90D3

triadic

#C490DF #DFC490 #90DFC4

tetradic

#C490DF #DF9D90 #ABDF90 #90D3DF

square

#C490DF #DF9D90 #ABDF90 #90D3DF

split-complementary

#C490DF #D3DF90 #90DF9D

monochromatic

#9037BE #AB60D1 #C490DF #DDC0ED #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C490DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C490DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C490DF

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C490DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C490DF	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c490df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.124 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b1e9',
    500: '#c490df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c490df;
$custom-light: #d7b1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c490df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.494,
    "s": 55.245,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73144,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C490DF

secondary

#E2EFDC

accent

#C32359

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF5FD

border

#D3CFD5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C490DF

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

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