#C299DF#C299DF

#C299DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299DF
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 223)
HSL	hsl(275, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(275, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 31.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 28.16, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 40.97, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0701 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.108 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9563, 39.5801, 74.9638)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299DF #B6DF99

analogous

#9F99DF #C299DF #DF99D9

triadic

#C299DF #DFC299 #99DFC2

tetradic

#C299DF #DF9F99 #B6DF99 #99D9DF

square

#C299DF #DF9F99 #B6DF99 #99D9DF

split-complementary

#C299DF #D9DF99 #99DF9F

monochromatic

#8A3DC1 #A66AD0 #C299DF #DEC8EE #F1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C299DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C299DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299DF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299DF	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7e9',
    500: '#c299df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299df;
$custom-light: #d5b7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.143,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74532,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299DF

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C02666

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299DF

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

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