#C498FF#C498FF

#C498FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.150 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C498FF
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 255)
HSL	hsl(266, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(266, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 40.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 36.35, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 58.03, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0808 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.15 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0393, 41.4123, 99.8402)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C498FF #D3FF98

analogous

#98A0FF #C498FF #F798FF

triadic

#C498FF #FFC498 #98FFC4

tetradic

#C498FF #FF98A0 #D3FF98 #98FFF7

square

#C498FF #FF98A0 #D3FF98 #98FFF7

split-complementary

#C498FF #FFF798 #A0FF98

monochromatic

#7E1EFF #A15BFF #C498FF #E7D5FF #EDE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C498FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C498FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C498FF

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C498FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C498FF	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88ACFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c498ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.150 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b7ff',
    500: '#c498ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c498ff;
$custom-light: #d7b7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c498ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.631,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75998,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C498FF

secondary

#E8F7D4

accent

#E60083

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C498FF

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

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