#C491EF#C491EF

#C491EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.141 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C491EF
RGB	rgb(196, 145, 239)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(273, 39%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 39.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 36.61, -40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 54.27, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0875 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.141 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4674, 38.2191, 86.4683)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C491EF #BCEF91

analogous

#9591EF #C491EF #EF91EB

triadic

#C491EF #EFC491 #91EFC4

tetradic

#C491EF #EF9591 #BCEF91 #91EBEF

square

#C491EF #EF9591 #BCEF91 #91EBEF

split-complementary

#C491EF #EBEF91 #91EF95

monochromatic

#8B26DF #A75CE7 #C491EF #E1C6F7 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C491EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C491EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C491EF

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C491EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C491EF	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA4F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c491ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 145, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.141 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b2f4',
    500: '#c491ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c491ef;
$custom-light: #d7b2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c491ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.553,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74043,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C491EF

secondary

#E4F3D8

accent

#D70F6A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C491EF

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

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