#C4A2E9#C4A2E9

#C4A2E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.105 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A2E9
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 233)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(269, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 30.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 25.94, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 40.47, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% 0.0619 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.105 306)
XYZ	xyz(50.3904, 43.4599, 82.8089)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A2E9 #C7E9A2

analogous

#A2A4E9 #C4A2E9 #E7A2E9

triadic

#C4A2E9 #E9C4A2 #A2E9C4

tetradic

#C4A2E9 #E9A2A4 #C7E9A2 #A2E9E7

square

#C4A2E9 #E9A2A4 #C7E9A2 #A2E9E7

split-complementary

#C4A2E9 #E9E7A2 #A4E9A2

monochromatic

#853FD2 #A571DD #C4A2E9 #E3D3F5 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C4A2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C4A2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A2E9

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A2E9	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFACBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.105 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bdf0',
    500: '#c4a2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a2e9;
$custom-light: #d6bdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.732,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76764,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A2E9

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#C91C76

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A2E9

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

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