#C5A1EA#C5A1EA

#C5A1EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.109 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A1EA
RGB	rgb(197, 161, 234)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 31.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 27.02, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 41.70, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% 0.0648 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.109 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6193, 43.3009, 83.5172)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A1EA #C6EAA1

analogous

#A1A2EA #C5A1EA #E9A1EA

triadic

#C5A1EA #EAC5A1 #A1EAC5

tetradic

#C5A1EA #EAA1A2 #C6EAA1 #A1EAE9

square

#C5A1EA #EAA1A2 #C6EAA1 #A1EAE9

split-complementary

#C5A1EA #EAE9A1 #A2EAA1

monochromatic

#873DD4 #A66FDF #C5A1EA #E4D3F5 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C5A1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C5A1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A1EA

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A1EA	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ABBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 161, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.109 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bdf1',
    500: '#c5a1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a1ea;
$custom-light: #d7bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.589,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76716,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A1EA

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CB1A74

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A1EA

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

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