#C494F6#C494F6

#C494F6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.145 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C494F6
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 246)
HSL	hsl(269, 84%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(269, 40%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 36.51, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 55.93, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0847 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.145 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9861, 39.5697, 92.1753)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C494F6 #C6F694

analogous

#9495F6 #C494F6 #F594F6

triadic

#C494F6 #F6C494 #94F6C4

tetradic

#C494F6 #F69495 #C6F694 #94F6F5

square

#C494F6 #F69495 #C6F694 #94F6F5

split-complementary

#C494F6 #F6F594 #95F694

monochromatic

#8623ED #A55CF1 #C494F6 #E3CCFB #EFE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C494F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C494F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C494F6

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C494F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C494F6	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA7FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A9F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c494f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.145 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b4f9',
    500: '#c494f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c494f6;
$custom-light: #d7b4f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c494f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 84.483,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74884,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C494F6

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E10575

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C494F6

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

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