#C499EA#C499EA

#C499EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.122 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C499EA
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 234)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(272, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 31.12, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 46.70, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0751 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.122 308)
XYZ	xyz(49.0047, 40.4592, 83.0537)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C499EA #BFEA99

analogous

#9B99EA #C499EA #EA99E7

triadic

#C499EA #EAC499 #99EAC4

tetradic

#C499EA #EA9B99 #BFEA99 #99E7EA

square

#C499EA #EA9B99 #BFEA99 #99E7EA

split-complementary

#C499EA #E7EA99 #99EA9B

monochromatic

#8933D5 #A766E0 #C499EA #E1CCF4 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C499EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C499EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C499EA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C499EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C499EA	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c499ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.122 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b7f1',
    500: '#c499ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c499ea;
$custom-light: #d7b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c499ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.852,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75197,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C499EA

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE186D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C499EA

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

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