#C949E4#C949E4

#C949E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.240 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C949E4
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 228)
HSL	hsl(290, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 68%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 70.77, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 89.62, 322.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.1842 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.24 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4718, 22.7860, 75.6501)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C949E4 #64E449

analogous

#7C49E4 #C949E4 #E449B2

triadic

#C949E4 #E4C949 #49E4C9

tetradic

#C949E4 #E47C49 #64E449 #49B2E4

square

#C949E4 #E47C49 #64E449 #49B2E4

split-complementary

#C949E4 #B2E449 #49E47C

monochromatic

#84179C #B21FD1 #C949E4 #D97EEC #E9B4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C949E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C949E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C949E4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C949E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C949E4	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5788E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c949e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.240 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd86ed',
    500: '#c949e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c949e4;
$custom-light: #dd86ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c949e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.548,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64162,
    "c": 0.23998,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C949E4

secondary

#B1E3A6

accent

#F13757

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C949E4

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

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