#C49BD2#C49BD2

#C49BD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.089 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49BD2
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(285, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(285, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 25.01, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 33.50, 318.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0658 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.089 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1175, 39.8324, 66.2193)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49BD2 #A9D29B

analogous

#A99BD2 #C49BD2 #D29BC5

triadic

#C49BD2 #D2C49B #9BD2C4

tetradic

#C49BD2 #D2A99B #A9D29B #9BC5D2

square

#C49BD2 #D2A99B #A9D29B #9BC5D2

split-complementary

#C49BD2 #C5D29B #9BD2A9

monochromatic

#904BA7 #AB71BF #C49BD2 #DDC5E5 #F3EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C49BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C49BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49BD2

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49BD2	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DABD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.089 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b8e0',
    500: '#c49bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49bd2;
$custom-light: #d6b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.727,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74556,
    "c": 0.08943,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49BD2

secondary

#E1EBDD

accent

#B13554

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49BD2

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

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