#C299DC#C299DC

#C299DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.104 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299DC
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(277, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(277, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 27.52, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 39.46, 314.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0693 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.104 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5554, 39.4197, 72.8525)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299DC #B3DC99

analogous

#A099DC #C299DC #DC99D5

triadic

#C299DC #DCC299 #99DCC2

tetradic

#C299DC #DCA099 #B3DC99 #99D5DC

square

#C299DC #DCA099 #B3DC99 #99D5DC

split-complementary

#C299DC #D5DC99 #99DCA0

monochromatic

#8B40BB #A76BCC #C299DC #DDC7EC #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C299DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C299DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299DC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299DC	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.104 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7e7',
    500: '#c299dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299dc;
$custom-light: #d5b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.716,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74406,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299DC

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BC2962

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299DC

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

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