#C299CD#C299CD

#C299CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.086 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299CD
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(287, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 24.46, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 32.13, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.065 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.086 319)
XYZ	xyz(44.6573, 38.6605, 62.8555)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299CD #A4CD99

analogous

#A899CD #C299CD #CD99BE

triadic

#C299CD #CDC299 #99CDC2

tetradic

#C299CD #CDA899 #A4CD99 #99BECD

square

#C299CD #CDA899 #A4CD99 #99BECD

split-complementary

#C299CD #BECD99 #99CDA8

monochromatic

#8D4D9E #A970B9 #C299CD #DBC2E1 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C299CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C299CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299CD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299CD	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.086 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7dc',
    500: '#c299cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299cd;
$custom-light: #d5b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.308,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73804,
    "c": 0.08614,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.3866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299CD

secondary

#DDE8DA

accent

#AD3851

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299CD

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

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