#C49CEB#C49CEB

#C49CEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.118 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49CEB
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 29.69, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 45.30, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.071 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.118 307)
XYZ	xyz(49.6459, 41.5112, 83.9782)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49CEB #C3EB9C

analogous

#9D9CEB #C49CEB #EB9CEB

triadic

#C49CEB #EBC49C #9CEBC4

tetradic

#C49CEB #EB9D9C #C3EB9C #9CEBEB

square

#C49CEB #EB9D9C #C3EB9C #9CEBEB

split-complementary

#C49CEB #EBEB9C #9CEB9D

monochromatic

#8736D6 #A669E1 #C49CEB #E2CFF5 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C49CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C49CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49CEB

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49CEB	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.118 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9f1',
    500: '#c49ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49ceb;
$custom-light: #d7b9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.38,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75772,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.41511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49CEB

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE1772

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49CEB

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

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