#C299F4#C299F4

#C299F4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299F4
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 244)
HSL	hsl(267, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(267, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 37.3%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 32.74, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 51.65, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.075 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.134 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9651, 40.7836, 90.8102)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299F4 #CBF499

analogous

#999DF4 #C299F4 #EF99F4

triadic

#C299F4 #F4C299 #99F4C2

tetradic

#C299F4 #F4999D #CBF499 #99F4EF

square

#C299F4 #F4999D #CBF499 #99F4EF

split-complementary

#C299F4 #F4EF99 #9DF499

monochromatic

#802BE8 #A162EE #C299F4 #E3D0FA #EEE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C299F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C299F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299F4

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299F4	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84AAF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DABF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b7f8',
    500: '#c299f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299f4;
$custom-light: #d6b7f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.033,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75464,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299F4

secondary

#E7F4D7

accent

#DD097D

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299F4

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

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