#C499EB#C499EB

#C499EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.123 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C499EB
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(271, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 31.34, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 47.21, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0753 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.123 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1487, 40.5168, 83.8125)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C499EB #C0EB99

analogous

#9B99EB #C499EB #EB99E9

triadic

#C499EB #EBC499 #99EBC4

tetradic

#C499EB #EB9B99 #C0EB99 #99E9EB

square

#C499EB #EB9B99 #C0EB99 #99E9EB

split-complementary

#C499EB #E9EB99 #99EB9B

monochromatic

#8933D7 #A666E1 #C499EB #E2CCF5 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C499EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C499EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C499EB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C499EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C499EB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c499eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.123 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b7f1',
    500: '#c499eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c499eb;
$custom-light: #d7b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c499eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.463,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75241,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C499EB

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CF166E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C499EB

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

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