#C490EF#C490EF

#C490EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.143 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C490EF
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 239)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(273, 40%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 39.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 37.15, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 54.90, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0889 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.143 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3152, 37.9148, 86.4176)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C490EF #BBEF90

analogous

#9490EF #C490EF #EF90EB

triadic

#C490EF #EFC490 #90EFC4

tetradic

#C490EF #EF9490 #BBEF90 #90EBEF

square

#C490EF #EF9490 #BBEF90 #90EBEF

split-complementary

#C490EF #EBEF90 #90EF94

monochromatic

#8B25E0 #A85BE7 #C490EF #E0C5F7 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C490EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#C490EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C490EF

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C490EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C490EF	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA3F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9EB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c490ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.143 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b1f4',
    500: '#c490ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c490ef;
$custom-light: #d7b1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c490ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.842,
    "s": 74.803,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73874,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C490EF

secondary

#E4F3D8

accent

#D70F69

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF5FD

border

#D3CFD5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C490EF

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

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