#C495FF#C495FF

#C495FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.154 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C495FF
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 255)
HSL	hsl(267, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(267, 42%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 41.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 38.00, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 59.88, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0849 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.154 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5585, 40.4507, 99.6799)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C495FF #D0FF95

analogous

#959BFF #C495FF #F995FF

triadic

#C495FF #FFC495 #95FFC4

tetradic

#C495FF #FF959B #D0FF95 #95FFF9

square

#C495FF #FF959B #D0FF95 #95FFF9

split-complementary

#C495FF #FFF995 #9BFF95

monochromatic

#801BFF #A258FF #C495FF #E6D2FF #EEE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C495FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C495FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C495FF

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C495FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C495FF	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c495ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.154 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b5ff',
    500: '#c495ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c495ff;
$custom-light: #d8b5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c495ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.604,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75489,
    "c": 0.15446,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C495FF

secondary

#E8F7D4

accent

#E60080

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FBF6FF

border

#D4D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C495FF

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

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