#C495EF#C495EF

#C495EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.135 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495EF
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 239)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(271, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 37.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 34.41, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 51.76, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0819 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.135 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0894, 39.4631, 86.6757)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495EF #C0EF95

analogous

#9795EF #C495EF #EF95ED

triadic

#C495EF #EFC495 #95EFC4

tetradic

#C495EF #EF9795 #C0EF95 #95EDEF

square

#C495EF #EF9795 #C0EF95 #95EDEF

split-complementary

#C495EF #EDEF95 #95EF97

monochromatic

#892BDF #A660E7 #C495EF #E2CAF7 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C495EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C495EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495EF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495EF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.135 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b4f4',
    500: '#c495ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495ef;
$custom-light: #d7b4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.333,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74727,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495EF

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D6106E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495EF

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

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