#C299C8#C299C8

#C299C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.081 H 322.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299C8
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(292, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(292, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 23.48, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 29.78, 322.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0635 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.081 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0634, 38.4229, 59.7276)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299C8 #9FC899

analogous

#AB99C8 #C299C8 #C899B7

triadic

#C299C8 #C8C299 #99C8C2

tetradic

#C299C8 #C8AB99 #9FC899 #99B7C8

square

#C299C8 #C8AB99 #9FC899 #99B7C8

split-complementary

#C299C8 #B7C899 #99C8AB

monochromatic

#8D5196 #AA71B3 #C299C8 #DAC1DD #F2E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C299C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C299C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299C8

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299C8	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.081 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7d8',
    500: '#c299c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299c8;
$custom-light: #d5b7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.34,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73614,
    "c": 0.08051,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299C8

secondary

#D9E5D8

accent

#A93D4B

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299C8

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

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