#C495FA#C495FA

#C495FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.148 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495FA
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 250)
HSL	hsl(268, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(268, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 40.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 36.86, -43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 57.34, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.084 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.148 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7641, 40.1330, 95.4960)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495FA #CBFA95

analogous

#9598FA #C495FA #F795FA

triadic

#C495FA #FAC495 #95FAC4

tetradic

#C495FA #FA9598 #CBFA95 #95FAF7

square

#C495FA #FA9598 #CBFA95 #95FAF7

split-complementary

#C495FA #FAF795 #98FA95

monochromatic

#8320F4 #A35BF7 #C495FA #E5CFFD #EFE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C495FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C495FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495FA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495FA	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA9FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87AAF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.148 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5fc',
    500: '#c495fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495fa;
$custom-light: #d7b5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.921,
    "s": 90.991,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75246,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495FA

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E6007B

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495FA

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

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