#C495EC#C495EC

#C495EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.131 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495EC
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 236)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(272, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 36.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 33.76, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 50.24, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0812 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.131 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6499, 39.2873, 84.3609)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495EC #BDEC95

analogous

#9895EC #C495EC #EC95E8

triadic

#C495EC #ECC495 #95ECC4

tetradic

#C495EC #EC9895 #BDEC95 #95E8EC

square

#C495EC #EC9895 #BDEC95 #95E8EC

split-complementary

#C495EC #E8EC95 #95EC98

monochromatic

#8A2DD9 #A761E3 #C495EC #E1C9F5 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C495EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C495EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495EC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495EC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.131 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b4f2',
    500: '#c495ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495ec;
$custom-light: #d7b4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.414,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74589,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495EC

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D2146B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495EC

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

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