#C949E6#C949E6

#C949E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.242 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C949E6
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(289, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 71.13, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 90.48, 321.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.1841 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.242 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7511, 22.8977, 77.1207)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C949E6 #66E649

analogous

#7B49E6 #C949E6 #E649B5

triadic

#C949E6 #E6C949 #49E6C9

tetradic

#C949E6 #E67B49 #66E649 #49B5E6

square

#C949E6 #E67B49 #66E649 #49B5E6

split-complementary

#C949E6 #B5E649 #49E67B

monochromatic

#85169F #B31DD5 #C949E6 #D97FED #E9B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C949E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C949E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C949E6

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C949E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C949E6	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5588E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c949e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.242 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd86ef',
    500: '#c949e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c949e6;
$custom-light: #dd86ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c949e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.917,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64282,
    "c": 0.24168,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C949E6

secondary

#B2E4A7

accent

#F23558

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C949E6

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

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