#C299E6#C299E6

#C299E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299E6
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(272, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, 29.65, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 44.50, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0718 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.116 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9196, 39.9654, 80.0372)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299E6 #BDE699

analogous

#9B99E6 #C299E6 #E699E4

triadic

#C299E6 #E6C299 #99E6C2

tetradic

#C299E6 #E69B99 #BDE699 #99E4E6

square

#C299E6 #E69B99 #BDE699 #99E4E6

split-complementary

#C299E6 #E4E699 #99E69B

monochromatic

#8737CE #A568DA #C299E6 #DFCAF2 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C299E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#C299E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299E6

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299E6	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7ee',
    500: '#c299e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299e6;
$custom-light: #d5b7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.948,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74833,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299E6

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C81D6D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299E6

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