#C490EC#C490EC

#C490EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.139 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C490EC
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 236)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(274, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 39%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 36.50, -38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 53.40, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0883 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.139 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8757, 37.7390, 84.1029)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C490EC #B8EC90

analogous

#9690EC #C490EC #EC90E6

triadic

#C490EC #ECC490 #90ECC4

tetradic

#C490EC #EC9690 #B8EC90 #90E6EC

square

#C490EC #EC9690 #B8EC90 #90E6EC

split-complementary

#C490EC #E6EC90 #90EC96

monochromatic

#8C27DA #A85CE3 #C490EC #E0C4F5 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C490EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C490EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C490EC

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C490EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C490EC	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9EB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c490ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.139 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b1f2',
    500: '#c490ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c490ec;
$custom-light: #d7b1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c490ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73733,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C490EC

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D31366

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF5FD

border

#D3CFD5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C490EC

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

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