#C299DD#C299DD

#C299DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.105 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299DD
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 27.73, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 39.96, 313.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0696 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.105 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6883, 39.4729, 73.5521)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299DD #B4DD99

analogous

#A099DD #C299DD #DD99D6

triadic

#C299DD #DDC299 #99DDC2

tetradic

#C299DD #DDA099 #B4DD99 #99D6DD

square

#C299DD #DDA099 #B4DD99 #99D6DD

split-complementary

#C299DD #D6DD99 #99DDA0

monochromatic

#8B3FBD #A76BCE #C299DD #DDC7EC #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C299DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C299DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299DD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299DD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.105 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7e7',
    500: '#c299dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299dd;
$custom-light: #d5b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.176,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299DD

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BD2863

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299DD

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

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