#C495EA#C495EA

#C495EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495EA
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 234)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(273, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 36.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 33.33, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 49.24, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0808 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.129 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3609, 39.1717, 82.8392)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495EA #BBEA95

analogous

#9995EA #C495EA #EA95E6

triadic

#C495EA #EAC495 #95EAC4

tetradic

#C495EA #EA9995 #BBEA95 #95E6EA

square

#C495EA #EA9995 #BBEA95 #95E6EA

split-complementary

#C495EA #E6EA95 #95EA99

monochromatic

#8B2FD6 #A862E0 #C495EA #E0C8F4 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C495EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C495EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495EA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495EA	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b4f1',
    500: '#c495ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495ea;
$custom-light: #d7b4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.176,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74498,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495EA

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CF1769

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495EA

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

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