#C299DB#C299DB

#C299DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.103 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299DB
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(277, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(277, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 27.32, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 38.97, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.069 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.103 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4234, 39.3669, 72.1571)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299DB #B2DB99

analogous

#A199DB #C299DB #DB99D3

triadic

#C299DB #DBC299 #99DBC2

tetradic

#C299DB #DBA199 #B2DB99 #99D3DB

square

#C299DB #DBA199 #B2DB99 #99D3DB

split-complementary

#C299DB #D3DB99 #99DBA1

monochromatic

#8B41B8 #A76CCB #C299DB #DDC6EB #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C299DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C299DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299DB

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299DB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.103 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7e6',
    500: '#c299db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299db;
$custom-light: #d5b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74365,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299DB

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BB2A61

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299DB

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

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