#C49BE9#C49BE9

#C49BE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.117 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49BE9
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(272, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 29.80, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 44.92, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.072 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.117 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1915, 41.0621, 82.4093)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49BE9 #C0E99B

analogous

#9D9BE9 #C49BE9 #E99BE7

triadic

#C49BE9 #E9C49B #9BE9C4

tetradic

#C49BE9 #E99D9B #C0E99B #9BE7E9

square

#C49BE9 #E99D9B #C0E99B #9BE7E9

split-complementary

#C49BE9 #E7E99B #9BE99D

monochromatic

#8937D3 #A669DE #C49BE9 #E2CDF4 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C49BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C49BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49BE9

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49BE9	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.117 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9f0',
    500: '#c49be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49be9;
$custom-light: #d7b9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.538,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75507,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49BE9

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CC1A6E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49BE9

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

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