#C499DC#C499DC

#C499DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.105 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C499DC
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(279, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 28.15, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 39.69, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0716 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.105 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0723, 39.6862, 72.8767)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C499DC #B1DC99

analogous

#A299DC #C499DC #DC99D3

triadic

#C499DC #DCC499 #99DCC4

tetradic

#C499DC #DCA299 #B1DC99 #99D3DC

square

#C499DC #DCA299 #B1DC99 #99D3DC

split-complementary

#C499DC #D3DC99 #99DCA2

monochromatic

#8F40BB #AA6BCC #C499DC #DEC7EC #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C499DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C499DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C499DC

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C499DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C499DC	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c499dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.105 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b7e7',
    500: '#c499dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c499dc;
$custom-light: #d6b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c499dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.507,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74597,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C499DC

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BC295E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C499DC

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

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