#C494F9#C494F9

#C494F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.149 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C494F9
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 249)
HSL	hsl(269, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 40.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 37.18, -43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 57.45, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% 0.0852 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.149 305)
XYZ	xyz(50.4502, 39.7554, 94.6199)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C494F9 #C9F994

analogous

#9496F9 #C494F9 #F794F9

triadic

#C494F9 #F9C494 #94F9C4

tetradic

#C494F9 #F99496 #C9F994 #94F9F7

square

#C494F9 #F99496 #C9F994 #94F9F7

split-complementary

#C494F9 #F9F794 #96F994

monochromatic

#8420F3 #A45AF6 #C494F9 #E4CEFC #EFE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C494F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C494F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C494F9

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C494F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C494F9	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA8FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A9F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c494f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.149 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b4fb',
    500: '#c494f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c494f9;
$custom-light: #d7b4fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c494f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.515,
    "s": 89.381,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75028,
    "c": 0.14867,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.39755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C494F9

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E60078

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C494F9

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

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