#C491EA#C491EA

#C491EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C491EA
RGB	rgb(196, 145, 234)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(274, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 38%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 35.52, -37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 51.77, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0865 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.135 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7389, 37.9277, 82.6318)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C491EA #B7EA91

analogous

#9891EA #C491EA #EA91E4

triadic

#C491EA #EAC491 #91EAC4

tetradic

#C491EA #EA9891 #B7EA91 #91E4EA

square

#C491EA #EA9891 #B7EA91 #91E4EA

split-complementary

#C491EA #E4EA91 #91EA98

monochromatic

#8D2AD6 #A85EE0 #C491EA #E0C4F4 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C491EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C491EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C491EA

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C491EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C491EA	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09EB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c491ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 145, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b2f1',
    500: '#c491ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c491ea;
$custom-light: #d7b2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c491ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.382,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73811,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C491EA

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D01665

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C491EA

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

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