#C491CA#C491CA

#C491CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.098 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C491CA
RGB	rgb(196, 145, 202)
HSL	hsl(294, 35%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(294, 28%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 28.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 28.95, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 36.29, 322.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0786 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.098 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5498, 36.2520, 60.5689)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C491CA #97CA91

analogous

#A791CA #C491CA #CA91B3

triadic

#C491CA #CAC491 #91CAC4

tetradic

#C491CA #CAA791 #97CA91 #91B3CA

square

#C491CA #CAA791 #97CA91 #91B3CA

split-complementary

#C491CA #B3CA91 #91CAA7

monochromatic

#8F4998 #AE68B6 #C491CA #DABADE #F0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C491CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C491CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C491CA

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C491CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C491CA	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C697A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c491ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 145, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.098 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b1da',
    500: '#c491ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c491ca;
$custom-light: #d6b1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c491ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 34.969,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72444,
    "c": 0.09843,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C491CA

secondary

#D5E4D3

accent

#AE3844

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF5FA

border

#D3CFD3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C491CA

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

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