#C49AEE#C49AEE

#C49AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.125 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49AEE
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 35.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 31.44, -36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 48.09, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0746 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.125 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7502, 41.0204, 86.1692)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49AEE #C4EE9A

analogous

#9A9AEE #C49AEE #EE9AEE

triadic

#C49AEE #EEC49A #9AEEC4

tetradic

#C49AEE #EE9A9A #C4EE9A #9AEEEE

square

#C49AEE #EE9A9A #C4EE9A #9AEEEE

split-complementary

#C49AEE #EEEE9A #9AEE9A

monochromatic

#8731DC #A566E5 #C49AEE #E3CEF7 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C49AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C49AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49AEE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49AEE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.125 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b8f4',
    500: '#c49aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49aee;
$custom-light: #d7b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75551,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49AEE

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D31273

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49AEE

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

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