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#c490eb

a light, vivid violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
196, 144, 235
HSL
274°, 70%, 74%
CMYK
17, 39, 0, 8
Luminance
0.3768

Every format

HEX#c490eb
RGBrgb(196, 144, 235)
HSLhsl(274, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 39%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(67.8 36.3 -38.5)
LCHlch(67.8 52.9 313.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.737 0.138 309.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #c490eb;
background-color: #c490eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c490eb] bg-[#c490eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c490eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.769, green: 0.565, blue: 0.922)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#c490eb")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c490eb on white: 2.46:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c490eb on black: 8.54:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red76.9%
Green56.5%
Blue92.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.6%
Magenta38.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.8%

Color previews

#c490eb text on a black background

contrast 8.54:1

Card sample

#c490eb text on a white background

contrast 2.46:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c490eb;
Background color
Panel with #c490eb background
background-color: #c490eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c490eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(196, 144, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(196, 144, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c490eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c490eb, #EB90D5);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c490eb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #c490eb in the Color Lab