#C5A1E4#C5A1E4

#C5A1E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.101 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5A1E4
RGBrgb(197, 161, 228)
HSLhsl(272, 55%, 76%)
HSVhsv(272, 29%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(13.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(71.53, 25.73, -28.84)
CIE-LCHlch(71.53, 38.65, 311.74°)
OKLaboklab(76.47% 0.0632 -0.079)
OKLCHoklch(76.47% 0.101 308.6)
XYZxyz(49.7719, 42.9619, 79.0542)
Luminance0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5A1E4 #C0E4A1
analogous
#A4A1E4 #C5A1E4 #E4A1E2
triadic
#C5A1E4 #E4C5A1 #A1E4C5
tetradic
#C5A1E4 #E4A4A1 #C0E4A1 #A1E2E4
square
#C5A1E4 #E4A4A1 #C0E4A1 #A1E2E4
split-complementary
#C5A1E4 #E2E4A1 #A1E4A4
monochromatic
#8A42C9 #A871D6 #C5A1E4 #E2D1F2 #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#C5A1E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59
#C5A1E4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A1E4
9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5A1E4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5A1E41.002.199.599.59
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5921.001.001.00
##0000009.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95AEE7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DB0E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1AAB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5a1e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 161, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.101 308.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bdec',
    500: '#c5a1e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5a1e4;
$custom-light: #d7bdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5a1e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76465,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5A1E4
secondary
#E5EFDC
accent
#C3236D
background
#FDFBFE
surface
#FAF6FD
border
#D3D0D5
text
#141216
muted
#838184

Preview Lab

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#C5A1E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva