#C299E9#C299E9

#C299E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.120 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299E9
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(271, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 30.30, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 46.02, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0726 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.12 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3445, 40.1354, 82.2751)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299E9 #C0E999

analogous

#9A99E9 #C299E9 #E999E8

triadic

#C299E9 #E9C299 #99E9C2

tetradic

#C299E9 #E99A99 #C0E999 #99E8E9

square

#C299E9 #E99A99 #C0E999 #99E8E9

split-complementary

#C299E9 #E8E999 #99E99A

monochromatic

#8634D3 #A467DE #C299E9 #E0CBF4 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C299E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C299E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299E9

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299E9	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.120 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b7f0',
    500: '#c299e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299e9;
$custom-light: #d5b7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.75,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74965,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299E9

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CC1971

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299E9

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

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