#C497FA#C497FA

#C497FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.145 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C497FA
RGB	rgb(196, 151, 250)
HSL	hsl(267, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(267, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 39.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 35.77, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 56.09, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0813 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.145 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0833, 40.7713, 95.6024)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C497FA #CDFA97

analogous

#979BFA #C497FA #F697FA

triadic

#C497FA #FAC497 #97FAC4

tetradic

#C497FA #FA979B #CDFA97 #97FAF6

square

#C497FA #FA979B #CDFA97 #97FAF6

split-complementary

#C497FA #FAF697 #9BFA97

monochromatic

#8222F4 #A35DF7 #C497FA #E5D1FD #EEE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C497FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C497FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C497FA

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C497FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C497FA	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FAAFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ABF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c497fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 151, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.145 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b6fc',
    500: '#c497fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c497fa;
$custom-light: #d7b6fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c497fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75587,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C497FA

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E6007D

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C497FA

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

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