#C299CF#C299CF

#C299CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.088 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299CF
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 207)
HSL	hsl(286, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 24.86, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 33.09, 318.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0656 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.088 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9002, 38.7576, 64.1351)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299CF #A6CF99

analogous

#A799CF #C299CF #CF99C1

triadic

#C299CF #CFC299 #99CFC2

tetradic

#C299CF #CFA799 #A6CF99 #99C1CF

square

#C299CF #CFA799 #A6CF99 #99C1CF

split-complementary

#C299CF #C1CF99 #99CFA7

monochromatic

#8D4CA2 #A96FBB #C299CF #DBC3E3 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C299CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C299CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299CF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299CF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.088 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7dd',
    500: '#c299cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299cf;
$custom-light: #d5b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.556,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73882,
    "c": 0.08845,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299CF

secondary

#DEE9DB

accent

#AF3754

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299CF

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

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