#C495EB#C495EB

#C495EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495EB
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 235)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(273, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 36.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 33.54, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 49.74, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.081 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.13 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5050, 39.2293, 83.5979)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495EB #BCEB95

analogous

#9995EB #C495EB #EB95E7

triadic

#C495EB #EBC495 #95EBC4

tetradic

#C495EB #EB9995 #BCEB95 #95E7EB

square

#C495EB #EB9995 #BCEB95 #95E7EB

split-complementary

#C495EB #E7EB95 #95EB99

monochromatic

#8B2ED8 #A762E1 #C495EB #E1C8F5 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C495EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C495EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495EB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495EB	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b4f1',
    500: '#c495eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495eb;
$custom-light: #d7b4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.791,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74544,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495EB

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D0156A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495EB

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

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