#C299E8#C299E8

#C299E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299E8
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(271, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 30.09, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 45.51, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0723 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.119 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2021, 40.0784, 81.5249)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299E8 #BFE899

analogous

#9A99E8 #C299E8 #E899E7

triadic

#C299E8 #E8C299 #99E8C2

tetradic

#C299E8 #E89A99 #BFE899 #99E7E8

square

#C299E8 #E89A99 #BFE899 #99E7E8

split-complementary

#C299E8 #E7E899 #99E89A

monochromatic

#8635D1 #A467DD #C299E8 #E0CBF3 #F0E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C299E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C299E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299E8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299E8	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7ef',
    500: '#c299e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299e8;
$custom-light: #d5b7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.139,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299E8

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CB1B6F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299E8

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

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