#C4A0FA#C4A0FA

#C4A0FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.131 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A0FA
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 250)
HSL	hsl(264, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 36%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 30.81, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 50.48, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0688 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.131 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5874, 43.7795, 96.1038)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A0FA #D6FAA0

analogous

#A0A9FA #C4A0FA #F1A0FA

triadic

#C4A0FA #FAC4A0 #A0FAC4

tetradic

#C4A0FA #FAA0A9 #D6FAA0 #A0FAF1

square

#C4A0FA #FAA0A9 #D6FAA0 #A0FAF1

split-complementary

#C4A0FA #FAF1A0 #A9FAA0

monochromatic

#7C2CF4 #A066F7 #C4A0FA #E8DAFD #EDE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C4A0FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C4A0FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A0FA

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A0FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A0FA	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BB0FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a0fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.131 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bcfc',
    500: '#c4a0fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a0fa;
$custom-light: #d7bcfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a0fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 90,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77153,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A0FA

secondary

#E9F6D5

accent

#E6008A

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A0FA

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

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