#C299BE#C299BE

#C299BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.070 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299BE
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(306, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(306, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 21.57, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 25.32, 328.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0603 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.07 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9327, 37.9706, 53.7727)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299BE #99C29D

analogous

#B199C2 #C299BE #C299A9

triadic

#C299BE #BEC299 #99BEC2

tetradic

#C299BE #C2B199 #99C29D #99A9C2

square

#C299BE #C2B199 #99C29D #99A9C2

split-complementary

#C299BE #A9C299 #99C2B1

monochromatic

#8D5487 #AB73A6 #C299BE #D9BFD6 #F0E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C299BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C299BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299BE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299BE	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.070 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b7d1',
    500: '#c299be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299be;
$custom-light: #d4b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.854,
    "s": 25.153,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.06995,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299BE

secondary

#D5E2D6

accent

#A44B42

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299BE

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

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