#C491FF#C491FF

#C491FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.161 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C491FF
RGB	rgb(196, 145, 255)
HSL	hsl(268, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(268, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 43.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 40.18, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 62.35, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0903 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.161 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9365, 39.2067, 99.4726)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C491FF #CCFF91

analogous

#9195FF #C491FF #FB91FF

triadic

#C491FF #FFC491 #91FFC4

tetradic

#C491FF #FF9195 #CCFF91 #91FFFB

square

#C491FF #FF9195 #CCFF91 #91FFFB

split-complementary

#C491FF #FFFB91 #95FF91

monochromatic

#8217FF #A354FF #C491FF #E5CEFF #EFE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C491FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C491FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C491FF

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C491FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C491FF	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A8FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c491ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 145, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.161 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b2ff',
    500: '#c491ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c491ff;
$custom-light: #d8b2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c491ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.818,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7482,
    "c": 0.16083,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C491FF

secondary

#E7F7D4

accent

#E6007B

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C491FF

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

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