#C299E2#C299E2

#C299E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.111 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299E2
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(274, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 32.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 28.79, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 42.48, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0709 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.111 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3644, 39.7433, 77.1128)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299E2 #B9E299

analogous

#9E99E2 #C299E2 #E299DD

triadic

#C299E2 #E2C299 #99E2C2

tetradic

#C299E2 #E29E99 #B9E299 #99DDE2

square

#C299E2 #E29E99 #B9E299 #99DDE2

split-complementary

#C299E2 #DDE299 #99E29E

monochromatic

#893AC7 #A669D4 #C299E2 #DEC9F0 #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C299E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C299E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299E2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299E2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.111 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7eb',
    500: '#c299e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299e2;
$custom-light: #d5b7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7466,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299E2

secondary

#E4EFDC

accent

#C32269

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299E2

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

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