#C499FA#C499FA

#C499FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.142 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C499FA
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 250)
HSL	hsl(267, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(267, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 38.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 34.67, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 54.85, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0785 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.142 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4079, 41.4205, 95.7106)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C499FA #CFFA99

analogous

#999FFA #C499FA #F599FA

triadic

#C499FA #FAC499 #99FAC4

tetradic

#C499FA #FA999F #CFFA99 #99FAF5

square

#C499FA #FA999F #CFFA99 #99FAF5

split-complementary

#C499FA #FAF599 #9FFA99

monochromatic

#8124F4 #A25FF7 #C499FA #E6D3FD #EEE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C499FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C499FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C499FA

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C499FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C499FA	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)

#82ABFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BACF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c499fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.142 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b7fc',
    500: '#c499fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c499fa;
$custom-light: #d7b7fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c499fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.598,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7593,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C499FA

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E60080

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C499FA

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

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