#C299F5#C299F5

#C299F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.135 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C299F5
RGB	rgb(194, 153, 245)
HSL	hsl(267, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(267, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 37.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 32.97, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 52.16, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0752 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.135 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1174, 40.8445, 91.6120)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C299F5 #CCF599

analogous

#999EF5 #C299F5 #F099F5

triadic

#C299F5 #F5C299 #99F5C2

tetradic

#C299F5 #F5999E #CCF599 #99F5F0

square

#C299F5 #F5999E #CCF599 #99F5F0

split-complementary

#C299F5 #F5F099 #9EF599

monochromatic

#7F2AEA #A161F0 #C299F5 #E3D1FA #EEE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C299F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C299F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C299F5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C299F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C299F5	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84AAF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CABF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c299f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 153, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.135 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b7f9',
    500: '#c299f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c299f5;
$custom-light: #d6b7f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c299f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.739,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7551,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C299F5

secondary

#E7F4D7

accent

#DF077E

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C299F5

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

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