#C495DA#C495DA

#C495DA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495DA
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 218)
HSL	hsl(281, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(281, 32%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 31.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 29.95, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 41.29, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.077 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.109 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1653, 38.2934, 71.2755)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495DA #ABDA95

analogous

#A295DA #C495DA #DA95CD

triadic

#C495DA #DAC495 #95DAC4

tetradic

#C495DA #DAA295 #ABDA95 #95CDDA

square

#C495DA #DAA295 #ABDA95 #95CDDA

split-complementary

#C495DA #CDDA95 #95DAA2

monochromatic

#903FB5 #AB68CA #C495DA #DDC2EA #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C495DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C495DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495DA

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495DA	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39EAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4e5',
    500: '#c495da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495da;
$custom-light: #d6b4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.87,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495DA

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BC2A58

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495DA

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

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