#C495DC#C495DC

#C495DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495DC
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 220)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 32.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 30.36, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 42.27, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0775 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.112 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4286, 38.3988, 72.6621)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495DC #ADDC95

analogous

#A095DC #C495DC #DC95D1

triadic

#C495DC #DCC495 #95DCC4

tetradic

#C495DC #DCA095 #ADDC95 #95D1DC

square

#C495DC #DCA095 #ADDC95 #95D1DC

split-complementary

#C495DC #D1DC95 #95DCA0

monochromatic

#8F3DB9 #AA67CD #C495DC #DEC3EB #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C495DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C495DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495DC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495DC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29EAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4e7',
    500: '#c495dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495dc;
$custom-light: #d6b4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73886,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495DC

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BE285A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495DC

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

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