#C490EE#C490EE

#C490EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.142 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C490EE
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(273, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 39.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 36.94, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 54.40, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0887 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.142 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1679, 37.8559, 85.6417)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C490EE #BAEE90

analogous

#9590EE #C490EE #EE90E9

triadic

#C490EE #EEC490 #90EEC4

tetradic

#C490EE #EE9590 #BAEE90 #90E9EE

square

#C490EE #EE9590 #BAEE90 #90E9EE

split-complementary

#C490EE #E9EE90 #90EE95

monochromatic

#8C26DE #A85BE6 #C490EE #E0C5F6 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C490EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C490EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C490EE

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C490EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C490EE	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9EB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c490ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.142 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b1f4',
    500: '#c490ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c490ee;
$custom-light: #d7b1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c490ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73827,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C490EE

secondary

#E4F3D8

accent

#D61068

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF5FD

border

#D3CFD5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C490EE

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

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