#C4A0EB#C4A0EB

#C4A0EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.111 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C4A0EB
RGBrgb(196, 160, 235)
HSLhsl(269, 65%, 77%)
HSVhsv(269, 32%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(16.6%, 31.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.47, 27.48, -32.77)
CIE-LCHlch(71.47, 42.77, 309.98°)
OKLaboklab(76.49% 0.0653 -0.0902)
OKLCHoklch(76.49% 0.111 305.9)
XYZxyz(50.3282, 42.8758, 84.2056)
Luminance0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C4A0EB #C7EBA0
analogous
#A0A2EB #C4A0EB #E9A0EB
triadic
#C4A0EB #EBC4A0 #A0EBC4
tetradic
#C4A0EB #EBA0A2 #C7EBA0 #A0EBE9
square
#C4A0EB #EBA0A2 #C7EBA0 #A0EBE9
split-complementary
#C4A0EB #EBE9A0 #A2EBA0
monochromatic
#853BD6 #A56DE0 #C4A0EB #E3D3F6 #EFE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#C4A0EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58
#C4A0EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A0EB
9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C4A0EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C4A0EB1.002.199.589.58
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5821.001.001.00
##0000009.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91AEEE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98AFE9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEABBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c4a0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.111 305.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bcf1',
    500: '#c4a0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c4a0eb;
$custom-light: #d6bcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c4a0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76487,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C4A0EB
secondary
#E6F1DA
accent
#CD1876
background
#FDFBFE
surface
#FAF6FD
border
#D3D0D5
text
#141217
muted
#838185

Preview Lab

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#C4A0EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva