#C499FF#C499FF

#C499FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.148 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C499FF
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(265, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(265, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 35.80, -44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 57.41, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0795 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.148 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2023, 41.7382, 99.8945)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C499FF #D4FF99

analogous

#99A1FF #C499FF #F799FF

triadic

#C499FF #FFC499 #99FFC4

tetradic

#C499FF #FF99A1 #D4FF99 #99FFF7

square

#C499FF #FF99A1 #D4FF99 #99FFF7

split-complementary

#C499FF #FFF799 #A1FF99

monochromatic

#7D1FFF #A15CFF #C499FF #E7D6FF #EDE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C499FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C499FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C499FF

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C499FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C499FF	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80ACFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ADFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c499ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.148 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b7ff',
    500: '#c499ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c499ff;
$custom-light: #d7b7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c499ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.294,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C499FF

secondary

#E8F7D4

accent

#E60085

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #C499FF

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

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