#C299DE#C299DE

#C299DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299DE
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(276, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 27.94, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 40.46, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0698 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.106 311)
XYZ	xyz(46.8219, 39.5263, 74.2558)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299DE #B5DE99

analogous

#9F99DE #C299DE #DE99D7

triadic

#C299DE #DEC299 #99DEC2

tetradic

#C299DE #DE9F99 #B5DE99 #99D7DE

square

#C299DE #DE9F99 #B5DE99 #99D7DE

split-complementary

#C299DE #D7DE99 #99DE9F

monochromatic

#8A3EBF #A66BCF #C299DE #DEC7ED #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C299DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C299DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299DE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299DE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7e8',
    500: '#c299de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299de;
$custom-light: #d5b7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.652,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7449,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.39526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299DE

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#BE2764

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299DE

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

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