#C491CD#C491CD

#C491CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.102 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C491CD
RGB	rgb(196, 145, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(291, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 29.53, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 37.67, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.0794 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.102 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9084, 36.3955, 62.4578)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C491CD #9ACD91

analogous

#A691CD #C491CD #CD91B8

triadic

#C491CD #CDC491 #91CDC4

tetradic

#C491CD #CDA691 #9ACD91 #91B8CD

square

#C491CD #CDA691 #9ACD91 #91B8CD

split-complementary

#C491CD #B8CD91 #91CDA6

monochromatic

#90479C #AD67BA #C491CD #DBBBE0 #F1E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C491CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C491CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C491CD

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C491CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C491CD	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C697A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c491cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 145, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.102 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b2dc',
    500: '#c491cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c491cd;
$custom-light: #d6b2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c491cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72563,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C491CD

secondary

#D7E6D4

accent

#B03548

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF5FB

border

#D3CFD4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C491CD

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

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