#C498EA#C498EA

#C498EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.124 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C498EA
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 234)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(272, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 35%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 31.67, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 47.33, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0765 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.124 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8417, 40.1332, 82.9994)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C498EA #BEEA98

analogous

#9B98EA #C498EA #EA98E7

triadic

#C498EA #EAC498 #98EAC4

tetradic

#C498EA #EA9B98 #BEEA98 #98E7EA

square

#C498EA #EA9B98 #BEEA98 #98E7EA

split-complementary

#C498EA #E7EA98 #98EA9B

monochromatic

#8A32D5 #A765E0 #C498EA #E1CBF4 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C498EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C498EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C498EA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C498EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C498EA	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)

#88A8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c498ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.124 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b7f1',
    500: '#c498ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c498ea;
$custom-light: #d7b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c498ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 66.129,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75021,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C498EA

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE186C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C498EA

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

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