#C299CE#C299CE

#C299CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.087 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299CE
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(286, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(286, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 24.66, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 32.61, 319.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0653 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.087 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7784, 38.7089, 63.4932)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299CE #A5CE99

analogous

#A799CE #C299CE #CE99BF

triadic

#C299CE #CEC299 #99CEC2

tetradic

#C299CE #CEA799 #A5CE99 #99BFCE

square

#C299CE #CEA799 #A5CE99 #99BFCE

split-complementary

#C299CE #BFCE99 #99CEA7

monochromatic

#8D4DA0 #A970BA #C299CE #DBC2E2 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C299CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C299CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299CE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299CE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.087 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7dd',
    500: '#c299ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299ce;
$custom-light: #d5b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.415,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73843,
    "c": 0.08729,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299CE

secondary

#DDE9DA

accent

#AE3852

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299CE

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

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