#C494EB#C494EB

#C494EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.132 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C494EB
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(273, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 37%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 34.09, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 50.37, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0825 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.132 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3475, 38.9143, 83.5454)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C494EB #BBEB94

analogous

#9894EB #C494EB #EB94E7

triadic

#C494EB #EBC494 #94EBC4

tetradic

#C494EB #EB9894 #BBEB94 #94E7EB

square

#C494EB #EB9894 #BBEB94 #94E7EB

split-complementary

#C494EB #E7EB94 #94EB98

monochromatic

#8B2DD8 #A860E1 #C494EB #E0C8F5 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C494EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C494EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C494EB

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C494EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C494EB	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c494eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.132 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b4f1',
    500: '#c494eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c494eb;
$custom-light: #d7b4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c494eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74371,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C494EB

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D01569

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C494EB

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

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