#C4A4E9#C4A4E9

#C4A4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.102 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A4E9
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(268, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 24.84, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 39.20, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0591 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.102 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7455, 44.1701, 82.9273)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A4E9 #C9E9A4

analogous

#A4A6E9 #C4A4E9 #E6A4E9

triadic

#C4A4E9 #E9C4A4 #A4E9C4

tetradic

#C4A4E9 #E9A4A6 #C9E9A4 #A4E9E6

square

#C4A4E9 #E9A4A6 #C9E9A4 #A4E9E6

split-complementary

#C4A4E9 #E9E6A4 #A6E9A4

monochromatic

#8441D1 #A473DD #C4A4E9 #E4D5F5 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C4A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C4A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A4E9

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A4E9	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.102 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bff0',
    500: '#c4a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a4e9;
$custom-light: #d6bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77128,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A4E9

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C91D79

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF7FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A4E9

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

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