#C490FF#C490FF

#C490FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.162 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C490FF
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 255)
HSL	hsl(268, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(268, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 43.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 40.72, -48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 62.97, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0917 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.162 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7844, 38.9025, 99.4219)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C490FF #CBFF90

analogous

#9093FF #C490FF #FB90FF

triadic

#C490FF #FFC490 #90FFC4

tetradic

#C490FF #FF9093 #CBFF90 #90FFFB

square

#C490FF #FF9093 #CBFF90 #90FFFB

split-complementary

#C490FF #FFFB90 #93FF90

monochromatic

#8316FF #A353FF #C490FF #E5CDFF #EFE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C490FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C490FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C490FF

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C490FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C490FF	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73A6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A8FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c490ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.162 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b1ff',
    500: '#c490ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c490ff;
$custom-light: #d8b1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c490ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.108,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74655,
    "c": 0.16242,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C490FF

secondary

#E7F7D4

accent

#E6007A

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C490FF

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

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