#C49BDA#C49BDA

#C49BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.099 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49BDA
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(279, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 26.64, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 37.41, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0681 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.099 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1391, 40.2411, 71.6001)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49BDA #B1DA9B

analogous

#A49BDA #C49BDA #DA9BD0

triadic

#C49BDA #DAC49B #9BDAC4

tetradic

#C49BDA #DAA49B #B1DA9B #9BD0DA

square

#C49BDA #DAA49B #B1DA9B #9BD0DA

split-complementary

#C49BDA #D0DA9B #9BDAA4

monochromatic

#8F44B7 #AA6EC9 #C49BDA #DEC8EB #F2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C49BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C49BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49BDA

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49BDA	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.099 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b9e5',
    500: '#c49bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49bda;
$custom-light: #d6b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.048,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74874,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49BDA

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#B92C5E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49BDA

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

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