#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
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 235)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(269, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 31.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 27.48, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 42.77, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0653 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.111 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3282, 42.8758, 84.2056)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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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
##C4A0EB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C4A0EB

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

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