#C494FF#C494FF

#C494FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.156 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C494FF
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 255)
HSL	hsl(267, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(267, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 42%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 38.54, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 60.50, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0863 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.156 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4010, 40.1357, 99.6274)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C494FF #CFFF94

analogous

#949AFF #C494FF #FA94FF

triadic

#C494FF #FFC494 #94FFC4

tetradic

#C494FF #FF949A #CFFF94 #94FFFA

square

#C494FF #FF949A #CFFF94 #94FFFA

split-complementary

#C494FF #FFFA94 #9AFF94

monochromatic

#811AFF #A257FF #C494FF #E6D1FF #EEE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C494FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C494FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C494FF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C494FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C494FF	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c494ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.156 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b4ff',
    500: '#c494ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c494ff;
$custom-light: #d8b4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c494ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.916,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75321,
    "c": 0.15605,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C494FF

secondary

#E7F7D4

accent

#E6007F

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C494FF

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

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