#C397E9#C397E9

#C397E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.124 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C397E9
RGB	rgb(195, 151, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(272, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 35.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 31.71, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 47.38, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0766 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.124 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2775, 39.6190, 82.1789)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C397E9 #BDE997

analogous

#9A97E9 #C397E9 #E997E6

triadic

#C397E9 #E9C397 #97E9C3

tetradic

#C397E9 #E99A97 #BDE997 #97E6E9

square

#C397E9 #E99A97 #BDE997 #97E6E9

split-complementary

#C397E9 #E6E997 #97E99A

monochromatic

#8932D4 #A664DE #C397E9 #E0CAF4 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C397E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C397E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C397E9

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C397E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C397E9	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c397e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 151, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.124 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b6f0',
    500: '#c397e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c397e9;
$custom-light: #d6b6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c397e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74707,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C397E9

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CD196C

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C397E9

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

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