#C494CD#C494CD

#C494CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.096 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C494CD
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 205)
HSL	hsl(291, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(291, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 27.88, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 35.71, 321.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0749 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.096 321)
XYZ	xyz(44.3729, 37.3244, 62.6126)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C494CD #9DCD94

analogous

#A894CD #C494CD #CD94BA

triadic

#C494CD #CDC494 #94CDC4

tetradic

#C494CD #CDA894 #9DCD94 #94BACD

square

#C494CD #CDA894 #9DCD94 #94BACD

split-complementary

#C494CD #BACD94 #94CDA8

monochromatic

#90499D #AD6ABA #C494CD #DBBEE0 #F2E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C494CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#C494CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C494CD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C494CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C494CD	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c494cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.096 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4dc',
    500: '#c494cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c494cd;
$custom-light: #d6b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c494cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73096,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.37323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C494CD

secondary

#D9E7D6

accent

#AF3649

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C494CD

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

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