#C494EA#C494EA

#C494EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C494EA
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 234)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(273, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 36.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 33.87, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 49.87, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0822 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.13 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2034, 38.8566, 82.7867)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C494EA #BAEA94

analogous

#9994EA #C494EA #EA94E5

triadic

#C494EA #EAC494 #94EAC4

tetradic

#C494EA #EA9994 #BAEA94 #94E5EA

square

#C494EA #EA9994 #BAEA94 #94E5EA

split-complementary

#C494EA #E5EA94 #94EA99

monochromatic

#8C2ED6 #A861E0 #C494EA #E0C7F4 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C494EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C494EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C494EA

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C494EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C494EA	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c494ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b4f1',
    500: '#c494ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c494ea;
$custom-light: #d7b4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c494ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.488,
    "s": 67.187,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74325,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C494EA

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CF1668

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C494EA

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

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