#C494FA#C494FA

#C494FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.150 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C494FA
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 250)
HSL	hsl(268, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(268, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 40.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 37.41, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 57.96, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.0854 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.15 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6066, 39.8179, 95.4435)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C494FA #CAFA94

analogous

#9497FA #C494FA #F794FA

triadic

#C494FA #FAC494 #94FAC4

tetradic

#C494FA #FA9497 #CAFA94 #94FAF7

square

#C494FA #FA9497 #CAFA94 #94FAF7

split-complementary

#C494FA #FAF794 #97FA94

monochromatic

#841FF5 #A45AF7 #C494FA #E4CEFD #EFE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C494FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C494FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C494FA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C494FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C494FA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA8FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c494fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.150 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b4fc',
    500: '#c494fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c494fa;
$custom-light: #d7b4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c494fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 91.071,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75076,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C494FA

secondary

#E6F6D5

accent

#E6007A

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C494FA

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

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