#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
RGB	rgb(197, 161, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 25.73, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 38.65, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0632 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.101 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7719, 42.9619, 79.0542)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##C5A1E4	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C5A1E4

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

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