#C197EB#C197EB

#C197EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.126 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C197EB
RGB	rgb(193, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(270, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 31.55, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 48.23, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0747 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.126 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0514, 39.4692, 83.6681)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C197EB #C1EB97

analogous

#9797EB #C197EB #EB97EB

triadic

#C197EB #EBC197 #97EBC1

tetradic

#C197EB #EB9797 #C1EB97 #97EBEB

square

#C197EB #EB9797 #C1EB97 #97EBEB

split-complementary

#C197EB #EBEB97 #97EB97

monochromatic

#8430D7 #A264E1 #C197EB #E0CAF5 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C197EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C197EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C197EB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C197EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C197EB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c197eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.126 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b6f1',
    500: '#c197eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c197eb;
$custom-light: #d5b6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c197eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C197EB

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D01673

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C197EB

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

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