#C494CA#C494CA

#C494CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.093 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C494CA
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 202)
HSL	hsl(293, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(293, 27%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 26.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 27.29, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 34.32, 322.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.074 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.093 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0142, 37.1810, 60.7237)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C494CA #9ACA94

analogous

#A994CA #C494CA #CA94B5

triadic

#C494CA #CAC494 #94CAC4

tetradic

#C494CA #CAA994 #9ACA94 #94B5CA

square

#C494CA #CAA994 #9ACA94 #94B5CA

split-complementary

#C494CA #B5CA94 #94CAA9

monochromatic

#904B98 #AD6BB6 #C494CA #DBBDDE #F1E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C494CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#C494CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C494CA

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C494CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C494CA	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C699A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c494ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.093 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4da',
    500: '#c494ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c494ca;
$custom-light: #d6b4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c494ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 33.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.09302,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C494CA

secondary

#D7E5D5

accent

#AD3946

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C494CA

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

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