#C498DB#C498DB

#C498DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.105 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C498DB
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 28.50, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 39.84, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0728 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.105 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7773, 39.3075, 72.1270)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C498DB #AFDB98

analogous

#A298DB #C498DB #DB98D0

triadic

#C498DB #DBC498 #98DBC4

tetradic

#C498DB #DBA298 #AFDB98 #98D0DB

square

#C498DB #DBA298 #AFDB98 #98D0DB

split-complementary

#C498DB #D0DB98 #98DBA2

monochromatic

#8F40B8 #AA6BCB #C498DB #DEC5EB #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C498DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C498DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C498DB

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C498DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C498DB	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)

#8EA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c498db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.105 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b6e6',
    500: '#c498db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c498db;
$custom-light: #d6b6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c498db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.403,
    "s": 48.201,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74377,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C498DB

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BB2A5C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C498DB

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

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