#C490EB#C490EB

#C490EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.138 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C490EB
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 235)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(274, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 38.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 36.28, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 52.90, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0881 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.138 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.7309, 37.6811, 83.3399)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C490EB #B7EB90

analogous

#9790EB #C490EB #EB90E5

triadic

#C490EB #EBC490 #90EBC4

tetradic

#C490EB #EB9790 #B7EB90 #90E5EB

square

#C490EB #EB9790 #B7EB90 #90E5EB

split-complementary

#C490EB #E5EB90 #90EB97

monochromatic

#8D28D8 #A85CE2 #C490EB #E0C4F4 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C490EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C490EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C490EB

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C490EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C490EB	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9DB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c490eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b1f1',
    500: '#c490eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c490eb;
$custom-light: #d7b1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c490eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 69.466,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73687,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C490EB

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D11465

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF5FD

border

#D3CFD5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C490EB

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

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