#C299CC#C299CC

#C299CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.085 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299CC
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(288, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(288, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 24.26, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 31.66, 320.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0647 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.085 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5370, 38.6123, 62.2218)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299CC #A3CC99

analogous

#A899CC #C299CC #CC99BD

triadic

#C299CC #CCC299 #99CCC2

tetradic

#C299CC #CCA899 #A3CC99 #99BDCC

square

#C299CC #CCA899 #A3CC99 #99BDCC

split-complementary

#C299CC #BDCC99 #99CCA8

monochromatic

#8D4E9C #AA70B8 #C299CC #DAC2E0 #F3EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C299CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C299CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299CC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299CC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.085 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7db',
    500: '#c299cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299cc;
$custom-light: #d5b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.235,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73766,
    "c": 0.085,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299CC

secondary

#DCE8D9

accent

#AC3950

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299CC

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

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